as she awaits trial, casey anthony heading to court today to deal with other legal issues. investigators are at the scene of a fiery plane crash, trying to find out what brought down an airliner carrying 90 people. a former child star with some very grown-up problems today. find out what landed gary coleman behind bars. you know, sit back and relax on this monday. take your time. i'm christi paul. thank you for being with hln "news and views". we'll get you updated on news. please take a moment to look at your screen here. there is a desperate search in oklahoma right now for this 7-year-old girl who may have been abducted by her mother's killer. an amber alert is issued for aja

danielle johnson. the deputies found the body of her mother, 37-year-old ton hobbs last night. they believe aja is with a man that they want to question about her mother's death. here is his picture, lester hobbs. he is not aja's father. authorities say he is driving a 1992 white toyota paseo with oklahoma license plate number 577-bpw. they believe that he was headed toward oklahoma -- or to davenport, oklahoma. so please, please keep your eyes open if you're in that area. the father of former olympic skater nancy care began died and her brother is charged with assaulting him. the boston harold obtained a police report of that alleged assaultment daniel care began and his son mark were yelling and pushing back and forth until the eldercare i began fell over. it says that mark kerrigan put his hands around his father's neck thinking his dad was faking it when he fell. the "herald" reports that police

had to use pepper spray to subdue mark kerrigan. in just over an hour, casey anthony will be in a florida courtroom. the 23-year-old charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter okay lei caylee. today's hearing is related to check fraud charges. when police were searching for young caylee, anthony is accused of stealing hundreds of dollars from her friend to buy clothes and groceries and pay phone bill. caylee's remains were found in december of 2008. not clear what's going to happen at today's hearing. a trial on the fraud charges was supposed to have started to day. that was canceled. no trial date, no new one anyway, has been set. at least three dozen people were killed in more than 80 wounded in a series of car bombs in baghdad today. iraqi police say suicide bombers blew up three cars near a hotel popular with western journalists and businessmen. officials say they expect the death toll to rise.

police say at one of the hotels two men opened fire on guards before detonating the explosives. the first explosion was so strong it toppled a row of 10 foot concrete blast walls along the road. so far, no one's claimed responsibility. the attacks came shortly before state tv announced that chemical ali had been executed. the cousin of saddam hussein whose real name is ali hassan amajid. he was sentenced to death eight days ago for poison gas attacks that killed more than 5,000 kurds back in 1988. and lebanon's president says terrorism is not suspected in today's crash of an ethiopian airlines jet. it caught fire and went down minutes after taking off in beirut. 34 bodies have been recovered from the sea thus far. helicopters and naval ships have been searching for the other 56 people onboard. so far, no one's been found alive. pieces of the plane and debris

have been washing ashore, including passenger seats, a fire ex-continuitinguisher and f medicine. what will rebuilt haiti look like? a lot of people are wondering that. leaders from a dozen countries are meeting to talk about reconstructing the earthquake devastated country now. secretary of state hillary clinton is among the foreign ministers. families of americans still missing in port-au-prince rubble are really angry and frustrated that rescue efforts have been called off. they started a petition asking for rescuers to keep searching. in fact, the father of a missing college student just returned from haiti after seeing it all firsthand. >> i will never forget what i saw, what i smelled, and what i saw. our bret is still missing. we're not sure where she is. but we are preparing ourselves for the worst and praying for a

miracle. >> i can't imagine what those people are going through now. one reason those families are still holding out hope is this man. look at him. he was rescued saturday, 11 days after the earthquake. and you saw him, he had no signs of injuries. he was just badly dehydrated. members of the rescue team started crying when he came out. i'm sure they did. they explained on sister network cnn how he was able to survive. >> actually, after the rescue, we had a chance to get into the hole and have a look. and we found out that he had access to cookies, beer, and coke. >> how is that possible? >> the building was a grocery shop. and it was very lucky. he fell down on the food side of the grocery shop. >> isn't that just extraordinary? the haitian government now says the confirmed death toll is more than 111,000. you're looking at the

funeral for the catholic of the archbishop of port-au-prince. many of the victims are buried in mass graves like this one. european officials say another 250,000 people were hurt and the u.n. says more than 600,000 are homeless. 80 homes are threatened and some of them could slide down a hill. this is what's happening in san antonio. look at this. soil is sliding. it's cracking retakining walls. one couple says this happened just a week after the builder's warranty ran out on their house. a local fire chief says he wouldn't be surprised if houses start sliding today. i know. looks a little crazy, like mardi gr gras. no, that is still three weeks away. this is party time in new orleans. they're celebrating the saints going to their first super bowl.

they won the nfc championship with an overtime field goal to beat the minnesota vikings. there it is. the saints will face the new orleans natives in miami, though, indianapolis quarterback peyton manning. he led the colts to a two touchdown victory in the afc championship game. president obama is promising new assistance for families dealing with hard times. how he plans to help them.

joe biden chairs a task force on middle class. it is proposing to double the childcare tax credit and increase federal funding for childcare services.

it proposes increasing tax breaks for retirement savings and capping student loan payments. now the task force recommendations will be included in the president's budget for next year. but wednesday's state of the union address got us thinking. what do you want to hear from the president? many think health care reform is unsalvagable. they say the president should concentrate on creating jobs. this is "your views" topic today. richelle, people have already weighed in. on my facebook page, people are saying jobs, jobs, jobs. >> that's the response we've gotten so far. some people are saying he can do both. we're going to try to jump into this and give you a lot of different points of view. we're going to start with an e-mail.

>> we have a caller on the phone. you say that health care should still be the focus. >> caller: absolutely. i support continuing to work on that. i believe it will create a boat load of jobs. we're going to bring on 30 million more people. i listen to the debates with congress and read portions of the bill online. i've studied it for quite a while. and in the bill they're going to be investing in community clinics and medical schools. and, so, in order to cover, you know, 30 million more people, we need a lot more doctors, nurses, x-ray technicians, janitors even. >> i do see where you're going with this. but for some people, they might say, you know, i don't necessarily have an interest in being in the medical field.

and some people may say that's not soon enough. they may say, you know, i've been out of work for six months. they don't feel that's immediate enough. do you know what i'm saying? >> caller: but if you're out of work and can reengineer yourself in the medical field or if it's even a temporary job as a janitor, it is still going to bring into the community, in the private sector jobs, a whole bunch more jobs. i mean it will even span out from there. if a lot of people can get healthier, it will reduce the crime rate. there are a lot of people that are unemployed, depression sets in. a lot of bad behavior sets in. if you can send that off with health care and with jobs -- >> i hear where you're going. i can tell you've done a lot of home work on. this thank you for your passion. let's hop over to greg from california. greg, you're one of those people who is having a really tough time in this economy, aren't you? >> caller: yes. i'm a proud member of a local 12

in san diego. i haven't worked in 2 1/2 years. back in the labor union up here, there's no work. and with unions, all we need is to have hours and we'll have health insurance. i can be covered and cover my kids and stuff. and with a job i can pay rent instead of looking at virtual homelessness. so it's a lot of difference. if i'm healthy, i'd rather have a job. >> okay. >> caller: i can be working. i need to go back to work. we need to rebuild this country. >> okay, greg, thank you for your comment. i certainly hope things turn around for you. we have comments as well from our facebook pages we want to pull. we all have pages. we got this from chris.

>> it is a monster of an issue. >> tyna has been saying that for a few weeks. what's on your page? >> the one i referred to when i tossed to you, jobs, jobs, jobs! that's what i saw. walt actually said, jobs number one. >> walt, thank you. >> thank you, walt. if you don't want to respond to anything that she said from her page or mine, you want to respond and have a discussion,

we can facilitate that for you. give us your views on this topic. should the president continue with health care reform or switch gears, concentrate on the economy? getting americans jobs? maybe you feel like we're making this too simple because he's the president and he can accomplish both at the same time. so the phone number is 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail us or text us as well. standard text rates apply. one thing i think we can all agree on is a lot of people are having a very tough time. if you're one of the people that doesn't have insurance you're having a tough time. if you're without a job, you're having a tough time. >> i have several on my page that have neither and are not afraid to talk about it. thank you. actor gary coleman is arrested, thrown in jail in utah. it's not a pretty picture, is it?

a hearing is it set today to determine whether prosecutors can use here say evidence during peterson's trial. his former wife was found dead in her bathtub. officers exhumed her body and resumed the death a homicide after peterson's fourth wife, stacy, vanished in 2007. peterson's neighbor testified friday that he told her stacy ran off with another man but she didn't believe his story. peterson has not been charged in

stacy's disappearance. all right. you just saw the picture actor gary coleman was arrested in utah. the "salt lake tribune" reports that he is accused of suspicion much domestic assault. he was arrested after a disturbance was reported at his home and they found out he was wanted for failure to appear in court in a previous case. we have not heard, by the way, from coleman or his attorney yet. fascinating new video of police interrogations after that balloon boy incident. it shows ni umy heene confessing that the whole thing was a hoax. deputies say she admitted it after they told her she failed a lie detector test. they told richard heene the same thing. he never confessed. he did get agitated when interrogators refused to let him see his wife. >> i -- why can't you let me see her? >> i need to ask her about something. [ beep ] you are blackmailing me.

>> all right, can you ask her. >> you're not going to talk to her. >> i want to talk to her right now. >> richard heene claims he only pleaded guilty to save his wife from being deported to japan. he is serving 30 days in jail now. his wife will serve 20 days when he gets out. all right. here's a question for you -- are you smarter than your husband? do you bring home a bigger paycheck? well, guess what? you're not alone. pugh researchers found women are better educated than their husbands in nearly a third of marriages. overall, men still make more money. but wives are now the primary breadwinner in 22% of couples. that's up from just 7% 40 years ago. but here's what may be even more surprising -- divorce rates in the u.s. are down and that challenges the widely held belief that financially independent women have a hard time staying married. in fact, states where fewer wives have paid jobs divorce rates are higher. so we want you to weigh in on

this. do you think men and women can successfully switch traditional roles? would it work for you? we're having a lot of fun on facebook with this one. call us at 1-877-tell-hln, e-mail us at cnn.com/hln, text us views to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we'll be telling what you people are saying. or facebook us. >> if you lost your job and don't have health care, don't panic. hln money expert clark howard says you may be eligible for a special program offered by the government. >> if you've been laid off from your job, one of the things you're probably trying to hold on to is the health benefits you had from your employer. and many of us are eligible for continuation of our health coverage through a program known as cobra. cobra is not as good as it seems because the premiums you have to pay can be huge.

you have to pay the full unsubsidized cost to your former employer plus an administrative charge to continue your coverage. that's why most people either have cobra rights don't exercise them. but right now because of the nation's high unemployment rate, there's a special program that was just extended that allows you to get for up to 15 months of subsidy from the government to continue your health benefits. the government pays roughly two-thirds of your premiums under this special cobra program. so if you think you can't afford your health coverage, you might be able to. for more information about how this cobra coverage works, check out cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> and watch clark howard every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern. we're following an environmental disaster in the gulf right now. nearly half a million gallons of oil gushed in the water at port arthur, texas. we're checking cleanup and the

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in an hour, casey anthony will be in a courtroom. she is charged with the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. today's hearing deals with unrelated check fraud charges. during the time in 2008 when police were searching for young caylee, anthony is accused of stealing hundreds of dollars from her friend to buy clothes and groceries and to pay her phone bill. caylee's remains were found in december 2008. it's not clear what's going to happen at today's hearing. a trial was supposed to start today. that was canceled and no new trial date was set. beth karas of "in session" has been following the casey anthony case. she joins us by phone.

so, beth, let us know what could happen today. is there talk of any plea deal in this case? >> today was supposed to be the start of the check fraud trial. the judge said this case is going to trial or it's going to be disposed off by plea on january 25th. it appears the attorneys haven't really done much in preparation for trial. that's why the talk is there is going to be a plea today. there may have been a deal reached where the prosecution will dismiss some charges as long as she pleads to others and takes a certain sentence. or she may throw herself at the mercy of the court which means she may have to plead to all 13 felony accounts and then hope the judge will give her a pretty light sentence. >> now, beth, what happens in court today? could it have any bearing on the pending murder trial? >> yes. it will in all likelihood have a bearing. it will be litigated down the road, i suspect. what evidence, what conduct related to the check fraud

charges will be admitted at the murder trial? i suspects the prosecution is going to strenuously argue it's intertwined with the evidence since this is her behavior during the time sher daughter was missing. there is a 30-day period for these check fraud charges. yes, it could have an effect. >> another effect i'm wondering, too, if she's convicted of check fraud, could that taint jurors in the murder trial? >> yes. it definitely could taint the jurors. but there is a lot of taint already according to the defense. that's why they've already moved for a change of venue. that has not been ruled on yet. it is a pending motion. they say this community and orlando which is where i am right now is just super saturated with media coverage of the case. so even up until now they say she can't get a fair trial. this will only make it worse from the defense point of view. >> got you. okay. beth karas with "in session." thank you so much. we appreciate your insight as always. right now we want to let you

know about a search in oklahoma. it's for a 7-year-old girl who may have been abducted after her mother was killed. an amber alert is issued for this little girl, aja danielle johnson. the deputies found the body of her mother, 37-year-old tonya hobbs last night inside her rv. police believe aja is with her mother's estranged husband. they want to question this man, take a look, 47-year-old lester hobbs, about the woman's death. we want to point out hobbs is not aja's biological father. authorities say he is driving a 1998 white toyota paseo with the oklahoma license plate number 577-bpw. they believe he was headed toward davenport, oklahoma. so please keep your eyes open in that regard. i want to let you know this week we're beginning a new series on hln highlighting the cases of children who vanished and we're enlisting your help in trying to find them. our first case isn't just a missing child. it's an entire missing family.

it has baffled authorities in oklahoma. madison jamieson was last seen about 3 1/2 months ago. there is her picture. she was with her parents october 8th when they all left their home. it was in eufaula. no one's seen any of them since. the truck they were driving was found 30 miles away two weeks later in a very rural area. kristen anderson is tracking that case. earlier i asked her about the discovery of the family dog that was still alive inside that vehicle. do authorities believe that the family abandoned the car intentionally? >> no. that's what makes this event so puzzling. obviously they wouldn't have left the dog in the car if they planned to be away from the car for very long. they had also left a number of personal belongings in the car in plain view which since it's in such a remote area, there was no reason to be concerned about theft. so they're not really ruling anything out including foul play at this point. >> now please take a look at these pictures.

madison is 6 years old, she has blonde hair, brown eyes, 50 pounds, 3'11" and missing her two front teeth. her mother is 40 years old, brown hair, brown eyes. and her father, 44-year-old bobby jamieson, 6'3." he has a back problem and sometimes slouches when he is standing. if you have any information that could help authorities find this family, please call 1-800-the lost or go to www.missingkids.com. there are more details there about this bizarre disappearance. we'll share some of those with you tomorrow as well. the father of former olympic skater nancy kerrigan has died and her brother is charged with assaulting him. a report says daniel kerrigan and his son mark were yelling and pushing back and forth until the elder kerrigan fell over. mark kerrigan put his hands around his dad's neck thinking

he was faking when it he fell. police had to use pepper spray to subdue mark kerrigan. daniel kerrigan's wife said that her died of a heart attack. in montreal, the government of haiti is reaching out to the world for help in recovering from a disastrous earthquake. the prime minister says his country will provide leadership for the reconstruction. not everyone is convinced haiti can do that, obviously. canada's foreign affairs minister says one goal is to get the haitian government back on its feet. leaders from a dozen countries, eight international parties and six large nongovernmental agencies are attending this meeting, by the way. and the haitian government now says the confirmed death toll is more than 111,000. what you're looking at here is the funeral for the catholic archbishop killed in that quake and buried on saturday. manufacture the victims are buried in mass graves like this one. european officials say another 250,000 people were hurt and the

u.n. says more than 600,000 are homeless. a man trapped in the rubble in haiti used a first aid ap he had on his iphone to treat his injury while he waited for help. he looked up excessive bleeding and compound fracture and treated his injury. he was rescued 60 hours after that quake. >> i wrote good-bye notes. god was with me right away. i mean this was a huge vent. i knew this was the difference between life and death. you know, i could make it out or i might not. so i immediately just, you know, went to my knees figuratively and went to god and asked him to be with me and help me to make of this what it is. i made peace with god. that was it. >> he's back home now in colorado. he says he was worried that he was experiencing shock so he read on the iphone he shouldn't

sleep. so he set his phone alarm to go off every 20 minutes. isn't that something? president obama's promising new assistance for families dealing with hard times. how he plans to help them. this is one of our topics today.

a lot of analysts were expectsing disappointing home sales. they are not anticipating there to be this big of a dive. existing home sales sank 16.7% last month. a big reason -- federal tax credit of up to $8,000 for first time homeowner was originally supposed to expire in november. that deadline has been extended, though, now through april 30th.

president obama is previewing one of the themes he'll address in the state of the union address. he and vice president biden are offering new government help for families caught in a financial squeeze. >> that's how we measure progress. not how the markets are doing but how the american people are doing. it's about whether they see progress in their own lives. we're going to keep fighting to rebuild our economy so that hard work is once again rewarded, wages and incomes are once again rising, and the middle class is once again rural. and above all, we're going to keep fighting to keep the american dream alive not just in our time but for all time. >> biden chairs a task force on the middle class. they're proposing the government double the childcare tax credit and increase funding for childcare services and cap student loan payments. those recommendations will be included in the president's budget for next year. we want your views on this topic. should the president continue with health care reform or

should he concentrate on the economy and getting americans jobs? or do you think he can adequately accomplish both? t call us at 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. you can send us a text. three dozen people have been killed and more than 8 o wounded in a series of car bombs in baghdad today. iraqi police say suicide bombers blew up three cars near hotels popular with western journalists and businessmen. officials say they expect the death toll to rise. now police say at one of the hotels, two men opened fire on guards before detonating the explosives. the first explosion was so strong it toppled a row of 10 fo foot concrete blast walls. the attacks came shortly before state tv announced that chemical ali had been executesed. the cousin of saddam hussein was

hanged today after being convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide. he was sentenced to death eight days ago for poison gas attacks that killed more than 5,000 kurds back in 1988. and lebanon's president says terrorism is not suspected in today's crash of an ethiopian airlines jet. it caught fire and went down just minutes after taking off in beirut. at least 34 bodies have been recovered from the mediterranean sea. helicopters and naval ships have been searchinging for the other 56 people onboard. so far, no one's been found alive. pieces of the plane and debris have been wash ago shore including passenger seats, a fire extinguisher and bottles of medicine. the airline says a 14-member team of investigators is now at the scene trying to figure out what caused that crash. you know, more and more wives are bringing home the bacon and asking their husbands to fry it up in a pan. what happens when men and women swap their traditional roles?

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an e-mail beau biden said he'll run for re-election as delaware's attorney general. he said he has a duty to focus on the prosecution of a high profile child molestation case. here's a question for you -- are you smarter than your husband? do you bring home a bigger paycheck? guess what? i guess you're not alone. pugh researchers found that women are better educated than their husbands and nearly a third of marriages. overall, men still make more money but wives are now the primary bread win fwhwinner in couples. that is up from 40 years ago. here is what is more surprising, divorce rates are down. so that challenges the widely held belief that financially independent women had a hard time staying married. in fact, states where fewer wives have paid jobs, divorce rates are higher.

this is one of the stories where we're taking your views. richelle carey, that has been nothing short of entertaining today my friend. >> this is fun. people are telling us what situation works for them. there are men saying i'll never be a housewife. this is a good discussion. we want to know, do you think men and women could successfully switch traditional roles? or maybe just share the chores a little bit more? anything you want to talk about. would it work for you? getting a lot of comments. i got this from carl. carl is a regular.

>> let's take phone calls now. dee is calling us from pennsylvania. you think women being the breadwinner worked pretty well, yeah? >> caller: yes. >> why so? does it work for you? are you in that situation? >> caller: well back in the '7 o's when '7 o's when i got married. >> dee, are you there? >> caller: yes, i'm here. back in the '70s when i got married, my husband was told, you know, gee, you should be the breadwinner and stuff. well, updated to the '9 o's. he left me with -- i had the children. he left me for a lady that made more money because i wasn't working at the time. >> is that right? so what do you by this this whole idea of women making more

money and men stepping up to the plate in roles that they haven't before? what do you think about it? you've seen it play out yourself. >> caller: yes. >> all right, dee, thanks for the phone call. let's go over to jim. calling us in mt. zion, illinois. you think that men should still be the head of the household no matter what. all right. buddy, i'm going to fend folks off while you make your case. go for it. >> caller: okay. here we go. i think that it's fine that the woman brings home the money. i think that is awesome this day and age. but the only thing i think they both need to be in agreement that biblically, the man has to be the head of the household. it says, you know, christ was the church. but as long as they are in agreement that i think it's personally fine. >> do you think it's always easy, jim, to get that type of agreement if -- if the woman in particular is making a lot more money? do you think it's easy to get

that situation you're explaining? >> caller: yeah. man, i think it's wonderful. >> do you think it's easy -- for -- can you see some women maybe having a hard time with it? >> caller: yeah. i don't understand these guys. they should be out there living it up. they should be all macho. i'm all for the women bringing home the money. >> but as long as you still get to be the boss. that's what you said, jim. >> caller: yes, ma'am, that's right. as long as the man is the head of household, i think it's okay. doing the right thing. >> i understand. you're saying if you're going to be the head of the household, you're not going to abuse that. i hear where you're coming from, jim. keep calling, jim. that was a good call. here's some facebook comments. got this from tracy. for a while i was the breadwinner. my husband stayed at home with the kids. it was great and we both felt that it was really good for our relationship and made our relationship stronger. all right, christi, we knew this would be a good topic, didn't we? >> i know. i'm loving it. michael wrote on my facebook

page, he said, the switch can be made but it takes a very progressive attitude from both parties. i can say that as a single parent of a teen and a 6-year-old, i don't to assume the full-time duties of the house spouse. doing it part time is one crazy job. >> yeah. i think a lot of people probably agree with that. let's remind people of the topic. i think some people might want to respond to jim. if you do, you can go on to our facebook pages. do you think that men and women can successfully switch traditional roles? is this something that has worked for you? is it something you don't think people should be doing? call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln. the e-mail address is cnn.com/hln. we like texts to hlntv. standard text rates apply. you can comment to -- carl had a really good comment. we set this up. go to richelle carey hln. join the conversation. christi has a great conversation going on on her page as well.

chuck's got the topic posted, too. >> i think jim meant the head of the household doesn't necessarily equal the moneymaker. >> would he say that if he were a woman who was the head of the house? >> i don't know. thank you so much. go ahead and weigh in. we can't wait to hear from you.

before she's tried for the murder of her daughter, kcaylee casey anthony is in court dealing with other problems. president obama has been focused on health care. that effort seems to be in critical condition. what should he do now? we want your views. do you know the children's song about the foolish man who built his house on sand? it's not a happy tune for texans and families. i'm chuck roberts. welcome one and all. in about a half hour from now casey anthony will be back in an orange county florida courtroom. today's hearing will not deal with the first degree murder charges against her in her daughter caylee's death. beth cakaras has been following

the case and joining us now from florida. beth, thanks for your time. will she take a plea deal in the check fraud case? >> reporter: good afternoon, chuck. it is uncertain. today is supposed to be day one of her trial on the check fraud case. but the judge said it's going to trial or it's going to be disposed of by plea. it doesn't appear they're ready for trial. everyone is saying it's probably going to be a plea. the attorneys will not confirm it, but that's what we expect. >> surveillance video shows her at shopping malls spending some of this $700 that allegedly was from her friend, her friend's money. will that be allowed at her murder trial? because this occurred, apparently, while caylee was missing? >> reporter: it's a good question. i'm sure it's going to be litigated by the attorneys down the road in preparation for the murder case. but the prosecution is likely to say it is inextricably intertwined with the evidence of murder. it's during the time that her daughter was last seen until she was reported missing. this is her conduct when she says that she was worried about

her daughter, she was looking for her daughter. what was she doing? she was allegedly stealing her friend's money and buying things for herself. >> talk about the motion hearing today involving the murder case itself. the attorneys want to depose the wife of the meter reader who found caylee's remains. why do they want her testimony again? >> reporter: they're asking to preserve her testimony because she's very ill. in fact, she's terminally ill. too sick to travel and lives in tennessee. in the event she's unavailable, perhaps has passed on, perhaps to sick to come to a trial in florida whenever that trial starts in the fall or in the summer, they want to preserve it in advance where both sides will be present. in depositions usually just one side is asking the questions. here it would be like a direct and cross-examination at trial on videotape to be shown later. it's a good idea sometimes when you know someone is sick or may be unavailable to do this. it doesn't mean it will actually be played at trial. maybe it won't even be admissible. but the judge is supposed to take that motion up today. >> are they trying to create

suspicion around rory crunk, the meter reader? >> reporter: yes, they are. he's the one that found the remains and they say he's a little shady himself, the defense. >> will casey stand trial this summer summer? is that the best guess? >> that's the earliest. it could be next fall. no one knows for sure. the father of former olympic skater nancy kerrigan has died. he and his son were yelling and pushing back and forth until the elder fell over. it also says mark kerrigan put his hands around his father's neck and thought his dad was faking it when he fell. the report says police had to use pepper spray to subdue mark kerrigan. his wife told the paper her husband died of a heart attack. what will haiti look like? leaders are meeting in montreal to talk about reconstructing the earthquake devastated country.

secretary of state hillary clinton is among the foreign ministers. families of americans still missing in the port-au-prince rubble are angry and frustrated the rescue efforts have been called off or suspended. they've started a petition asking for rescuers to keep searching. the father of missing college student just returned from haiti after seeing all this firsthand. >> i will never forget what i saw. what i smelled, and what i saw. our brit is still missing. we're not sure where she is. but we are preparing ourselves for the worst. and praying for a miracle. >> the haitian government now says the confirmed death toll is more than 111,000. this is the funeral for the catholic arch bishop of port-au-prince who was killed in the quake. he was buried saturday. many of the victims are buried in mass graves like this one. european officials say another 250,000 people were injured. the u.n. says that more than 6,000 have been left homeless.

a reporter for the website "the daily beast" says he's gotten the inside scoop on the night tiger woods rammed his suv into a tree as word of a sex scandal broke. he says just before thanks giving, woods told his wife the "national enquirer" was reporting a story he had an affair with nightclub hostess rachel uchitel. woods had uchitel talk to his wife by phone to assure her the relationship was platonic. she wasn't convinced. woods reportedly took an am bean and went to bed. elin then checked woods' phone and found a text message to uchitel saying he loved her. he says his sources then tell him she sent text messages from

uchitel from tiger's phone and got an immediate cross. she called uchitel and confronted her before confronting her sleeping husband. >> tiger makes it worse. when he's woken up, he's a little woozy, out of it from the sedative he took. instead of saying immediately i'm sorry, this is a terrible thing, let me tell you the truth, he locks himself in the bathroom for a few minutes. when he comes out, elin manages to grab his cell phone from him. he has actually sent a text message off to rachel uchitel. in essence, she knows, i'm packing, a divorce could be imminent. at that point elin absolutely loses it. as i say, out of the swedish girl coming the viking. she starts pummeling him with her fist on his chest and arms, then grabs the golf club. tiger runs out of there in his bare feet into that car and she's chasing him. >> cnn has not confirmed any of that, any of posner's reporting. we're going to let you know as

soon as we get any sons. the daily beast journalist will be a guest on "the joe behar show" tonight. don't miss it, 9:00 eastern on hln. for people with severe spinal cord injuries maneuvering a wheelchair can be difficult. sometimes impossible. now engineers are working on a new powered chair that could make it easier for these patients to get around. susan hendricks has today's health minute. >> bruce can't use his arms or legs. diagnosed as a quadriplegic after a ski boarding accident two skreergs, he's confined to a wheelchair. it has been difficult for him to get around. since he joined a clinical trite at georgia tech's school at electrical and computer engineering crews can now control his wheelchair by using his tongue. >> there are a variety of diseases that individuals are suffering from those diseases could potentially use this technology. some types of stroke, there is another disease called als.

>> reporter: known as the tongue drive system participants are first taught to exercise their tongue movements by using computer games. once they master the movements, researchers attach a small magnet to the tongue. it works like a mouse pad with the tongue as a cursor. move the tongue forward and it sends a wireless signal to six sensors in a headset that cause the wheelchair to move forward. move the tongue backwards and the chair goes into reverse. >> one of the major advantages of tongue is that it is directly conducted to the brain. a person who has even highest level of spinal cord injury can move his or her tongue like me and you. >> reporter: unlike other power wheelchairs that rely on a sip and puff method such as the one used by the late christopher reeve, this chair only needs a headset and tongue chip which is less conspicuous for the user. for today's health minute, i'm susan hendricks. president obama promising new assistance for families dealing with hard times. how he plans to help them.

and we'll share your views. is the government doing enough? is it trying to do too much?

welcome back. president obama is previewing one of the themes he's going to raise during the wednesday state of the union address. he and the vice president offering some new government help for families caught in a financial squeeze. biden shares a task force on the middle class is proposing the government double the child care tax credit and increase fundsing for child care services, give new tax breaks for retirement savings and cap student loan payments. the task force recommendations to be included in the budget for the next fiscal year. the wednesday state of the union got us thinking, many think health care reform is unsalvageable and that the president should now concentrate

full tilt on creating jobs. do you agree? it's our your views question of the day. richelle carey, what are they saying? >> mostly jobs. there's some people fighting the good fight for health care, chuck. most of the comments have been it needs to pivot to jobs and the economy. let's plow through this. richelle carey hln if you want to jump in on facebook. shannon says both, meaning he can do health care and jobs. she says, but if i had to choose o one, it would be health care. seriously, if we can't get this to pass now, reform, forget it. reform will never happen. lisa say this is. i'd like him to concentrate on the economy and jobs. i share the belief like a lot of people do that this health care bill has been rushed and it needs lots of work before it should be passed. barbara says, i think they should both be a priority as the two issues are in dire need of attention. multitask. let's hop on the phones. herbert is calling us from arkansas. herbert, you have this idea it should be the economy, but you

don't necessarily think that that means that he has to dismiss everything else on the agenda, right? >> caller: that's right. >> how so? >> caller: i think the health care issue is really a moot point. the american people don't want it. the american people aren't interested in it. what the president should really concentrate on is the economy, such as jobs and gas prices and inflation. because if these three line up, then the health care issue will take care of itself. give people jobs, and the companies can give them health insurance. >> true. but part of the -- absolutely. the other side would say part of why they want health care to be changed is so that it's not always tied to your jobs, so that when you lose your job you don't lose your health care. so the other side would say that's why they have to continue to fight the good fight for health care. do you understand what i'm saying? >> caller: well, yeah. but i think -- i think that, you know, health care, the health care issue is a good issue. but it's not the most important thing right now.

>> a lot of people are saying exactly what you said in exactly those words, herbert. thank you for the phone call. erin is from france and took our hln news and views tour right here in the building in atlanta. this is what he had to say. >> i think you should continue to have -- it's necessary. he may not succeed. but i'm optimistic than sooner or later we will have it. we are the only nation in the world that doesn't have a complete program for everybody in the country. >> okay. he does seem to be in the minority. but that's what he thinks. we got this e-mail from ryan who says health care reform is essential. it doesn't have to be all or nothing. and i believe that there are enough resources to accomplish both tasks if our government can work together. but the true question for ryan is, do the people in d.c. who supposedly represent us want what's best for us or what's best for their personal wallets? back to facebook. diana says we need to get more jobs and work on the economy. i don't think he's doing

anything. we need help for the little guy and the retirees. the last comment is from david. he said i think one step, an issue at a time. the president is one man. ready for it, chuck? not an octo-president. >> we'll get calls just on that comment. let me read one. tracy wrote this. i agree that the focus of our government should be jobs like many have said. if you have a job, most likely you can have health care. let's get america employed. then when unemployment rates drop back down then focus on secondary concerns. >> what we're hearing from people is i need a job. i need a job. we want your views on this topic. should the president continue with the push for health care reform or would you like to see him concentrate more on the economy and getting americans jobs? maybe you think he could accomplish both at the same time. maybe you see these things as intertwined issues. call us at 1-877-tell-hln. if you'd like to e-mail the address is cnn.com/hln.

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more than a dozen have been evacuated. one couple says this happened just a week after the builder's warranty ran out on their house. walmart is eliminating more than 11,000 jobs at sam's club, discount giant wearehouse store. most of them are people who work part time in their 600 stores, offering you free samples, doing product demonstrations. that work will now be contracted out to a marketing company which could, in fact, hire some of the same people. sam's club is also eliminating 1,200 jobs in membership recruitment. if you've lost your job and have no health care, don't panic. hln money expert clark howard says you may be eligible for a special program offered by the government. here's clark. >> if you've been laid off from your job, one of the things you're probably trying to hold on to is the health benefit s yu had from your employer. many of us are eligible for the continuation of our health coverage through a program known as cobra.

cobra, though, is not as good as it seems, because the premiums you have to pay can be huge. you have to pay the full unsubsidized cost to your former employer, plus an administrative charge to continue your coverage. that's why most people who have cobra rights don't exercise them. right now because of the nation's high unemployment rate, there's a special program that was just extended that allows you to get, for up to 15 months, a subsidy from the government to continue your health benefits. the government pays roughly two-thirds of your premiums under this special cobra program. so if you think you can't afford your health coverage, you might be able to. for more info about how this cobra coverage works, check out cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> and get great consumer advice from clark on saturdays and sundays, noon and 4:00 eastern, right here on hln. clark will help you save more, spend less and avoid getting

ripped off. do you bring home a bigger paycheck than your husband and do you have more education than him? guess what? you're not alone. pew researchers found using census data that women are better educated than their husbands in nearly a third of marriages. overall men still make more money but wives are now the primary breadwinner in 22% of couples up from only 7% 40 years ago. what may be surprising, divorce rates in the u.s. are down and women with more education and economic independence are more likely to stay married. that challenges the widely held notion that financially independent women have a hard time staying married. in fact, states where fewer wives have paid jobs have higher divorce rates. do you think men and women can successfully switch these gender roles, these traditional roles? would it work for you? what do you think this trend means? good thing? bad thing? call us toll free, 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail cnn.com/hln or text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. actor gary coleman has been

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live pictures from orange county florida in orlando where casey anthony is due to appear at one of those witness tables very shortly. that's the 23-year-old charged with first degree murder in the death of her little girl, 2-year-old caylee anthony. this hearing deals with an unrelated check fraud charge during the time in '08 when police were searching for little caylee. anthony -- this is surveillance video -- is accused of stealing hundreds of dollars from her friend and then going out and buying clothes and groceries and paying her phone bill, all at the time her little girl was missing. caylee's remains were found in december of 2008. it's not clear what will happen at today's hearing. the trial on the fraud charge was supposed to begin today, canceled at the last minute with no new trial date set, setting

off a wave of speculation that casey anthony will take a plea deal in this check fraud case today. a reporter for the website "the daily beast" says he's got the inside scoop from the night tiger woods rammed his suv into a tree and word of a sex scandal broke. journalist gerald posner says he got the account from two source who is talked to the golfer's wife, elin. he says just before thanksgiving woods told his wife the "national enquirer" was about to print a story claiming that he had an affair with nightclub hostess rachel uchitel. according to the source, woods had uchitel talk to his wife on the phone to assure her that the relationship was platonic. elin wasn't convinced. they argued thanksgiving night. woods then reportedly took an ambien sleeping pill and went to bed. posner told the "today" show elin then checked woods' phone and found a text message to rachel uchitel saying he loved her. posner says his sources tell him that elin then sent text messages to uchitel from woods' phone and got an immediate reply.

then sources say she called uchitel, confronted her and then confronted her sleeping husband. >> tiger makes it worse. when he's woken up he's a little doozy, out of the it from the pill, the sedative that he took. instead of saying immediately, i'm sorry, this is a terrible thing, let me tell you the truth, he locks himself in the bathroom for a few minutes. when he comes out, elin manages to grab his cell phone from him. he has actually sent a text message off to rachel uchitel saying in essence, she knows. i'm packing. a divorce could be imminent. at that point, elin absolutely loses it. as i say, out of the swedish girl comes the viking. she starts pummeling him him and grabs the golf club. tiger runs out of there in his bare feet into that car. she's chasing him. >> cnn has not confirmed any of posner's account. we have reached out to representatives for tiger woods, elin and rachel uchitel. if we get any response, we'll pass it along.

daily beast journalist posner is a guest on "the joe behar show." don't miss that tonight 9:00 eastern. nancy kerr girks an's brother has pleaded nolt to assaulting his father in massachusetts. his father died over the weekend after what prosecutors described as a violent argument with that man, his son, mark. the younger kerrigan is charged with assaulting him and was arraigned today. prosecutors say he fell or collapsed in the kitchen after a struggle with his son at the family home. the elder kerrigan was pronounced dead at a hospital. the 45-year-old suspect being held on bail. daniel kerrigan's wife says he died of a heart attack. that's the suspect scott roeder. a church usher said he saw roeder walk up to dr. george tiller and put a gun to his head. tiller was serving as an usher at the reformation lutheran church when he was shot dead. the witness testified the gunman threatened to shoot him, too,

when he threatened to block the exit. roeder claims he was justified in killing tiller to prevent the doctor from performing abortions. prosecutors contend it was cold-blooded execution. lebanon's president says terrorism is not suspected in today's crash of an ethiopian airlines jet. it caught fire and went down after takeoff from beirut. 34 bodies have been recovered from the med terrain yen. helicopters and naval ships have been searching for the other 56 on board. so far no one has been found alive. pieces of the plane and debris have been washing ashore, including passenger sheets, a fire extinguisher and baottles f medicine. investigators are at the scene trying to determine a cause. president obama is previewing one of the themes he'll raise in his state of the union address on wednesday. he and vice president joe biden are offering new government help for families caught in a financial squeeze. biden sharchairs a task force oe middle class. it will give now tax breaks for

retirement savings and cap student loan payments. the task force recommendations to be include tded in the presidential budget for the next fiscal year. should the president continue with health care reform or concentrate more on the economy and getting americans back to work or do you think he can accomplish both? the number to call is 877-tell-hln. e-mail cnn.com/hln. text us, hln tv. the vice president's son, beau, is not running for the senate seat his father held for 36 years. in an e-mail biden told supporters he will seek re-election as delaware's attorney general. he wrote, he has a duty to focus on the prosecution of a high-profile child molestation case. biden returned to delaware in september after a year-long deployment in iraq with his national guard unit. dozen of people in san antonio have been forced to evacuate their homes because the soil is shifting and creating what appears to be a giant sink hole.

we're going to go live just ahead.

three dozen people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in a series of car bombers in baghdad where suicide bombers blew up car bombs. officials say they expect the death toll to rise. police say at one of the hotels two men opened fire on guards before detonating explosives. the first was so strong it toppled a row of ten-foot concrete blast cwalls around th road. so far no one has claimed responsibility. these attacks came just before state tv announced the man known as chemical ali was put to death. the cousin of saddam hussein was

hanged today after being convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide. it was the fourth time he'd been given the death penalty after trials for his gas attacks against iraq's kurdish minority. 5,000 kurds were killed in the attacks. drew peterson who's charged in the death of his third wife, kathleen savio. today's hearing is to determine if prosecutors can use hearsay evidence in peterson's trial. stacy peterson disappeared in 2007. drew peterson hasn't been charged in her disappearance. he's pleaded not guilty in the death of kathleen savio. she was found dead in a dry bathtub in her home in 2004. her death initially ruled a suicide, but officers exhumed her body and then ruled the death a homicide after stacy peterson went missing. a crude clean-up is under way right now along the texas coast about 90 miles east of houston where a tanker lost nearly a half million gallons of

crude at port arthur when it collided with a tow boat this weekend. coast guard crews say about half the oil has either evaporated, dispersed r been collected. two nearby sensitive wildlife areas remain unaffected by the spill. dozens of homes in san antonio are in danger of collapsing because the soil seems to be shifting. it's like a giant sink hole. our affiliate is live in san antonio with the latest. simon, hi? >> reporter: hi there, chuck. at this point the city emergency management director says it looks like about five homes are in danger of collapse. some damage already to the homes in the form of cracks in the windows. and he says in one situation, there's a home that has a foundation, a gap big enough underneath that foundation for a man to stand under the foundation. engineers are calling this a slope failure and by homeowners' accounts it started happening sometime this weekend. by sunday morning the situation was so unstable the city ordered 80 houses to evacuate. the city's emergency management

director says he's never seen anything like it. this morning several evacuated homeowners lined up to get permission to visit their homes to pick up some of the important items they forgot. engineers brought in by the home builder, meanwhile, still trying to figure out exactly how this happened, why it happened and how to go about fixing it. i'm back here live. those engineers will meet with emergency management staff again this afternoon. the city is hoping to shrink down that original evacuation area and allow some of those homeowner who is may be out of harm's way to get back into their homes permanently. live in northwest san antonio. simon gutierrez, cnn news. >> how much time do they have to get out? did they know it was coming? did they have to move in an hour? can they go back and get their belongings? >> reporter: this was yesterday that the evacuation order was put into place. and in some cases, homeowners had plenty of warning. in one case one woman we spoke to in particular said she was at work when she heard about the problems. by the time she got to her home, she had time just to grab her insulin and was asked to leave. she stayed the night in a hotel.

>> okay. simon, thanks for the update. simon gutierrez of ksat in san antonio. right to the orange county courtroom. casey anthony is in a courtroom fighting check fraud charges. we'll listen to the proceedings. judge stan strickland presiding. >> i'd like to begin with the colloquy afterwards. >> let's swear in ms. anthony, please. >> i do. >> all right. tell me your name, please. >> casey ma ree anthony. >> all right. i have in front of me a plea form. and it appears to have your signature on the back of it. is this your signature? >> yes. >> all right. so you've signed this, correct? >> yes. >> and you've also read it? >> yes. >> do you have any problems reading or writing english? >> no. >> so you read this and you understand it, correct? >> yes. >> correct? >> yes. >> and you understand the rights that you're giving up by entering into this plea? >> yes, i do. >> and you understand the

defenses that you're waiving, which are listed on the plea form as well, correct? >> yes. >> most importantly, you're giving up the right to go to trial in this matter and i'm sure council has explained that to you, correct? >> yes. >> all right. are you entering this plea freely and voluntarily? >> yes, i am. >> what i mean by that is has anybody forced you or coerced you into doing this? >> no. >> you're represented by good lawyers, you're satisfied with their services, aren't you? >> yes. >> here today are you thinking clearly? >> yes. >> are you under the influence of any drugs or alcohol? >> no. >> and you understand the minimum and maximum sentence associated with the offenses that you're charged with? >> yes. >> and i don't know if this applies to you, but if you're not a u.s. citizen, this plea could result in your being deported, you understand that? >> yes. >> all right. mr. george, the factual basis, please. >> yes, sir. may i approach? >> yes, sir. >> is this the score sheet? >> thank you, sir. >> score sheet, restitution

order. >> go ahead. >> had this case gone to trial the state would have been prepared to show on july 8th of 2008 this defendant gave the victim, amy high zin ga a ride to the airport. in return she allowed the defendant to use her car while she was gone. the victim had inadvertently left her checkbook in that car. had it gone to trial all the following events occurred in orange county, florida. as to counts 2, 3 and 4 on july 8th, 2008 defendant passed check 142 in the amount of $111.01 drawn off the victim's account and used it at target. as to count 2 it relates to the defendant actually using the victim's personal identification without her consent. count 3 reflects the defendant's making or actually forging the check. count 4 reflects her actually passing the check at target in exchange for merchandise. as to counts 5, 6 and 7, those events took place on july 10th of 2008.

in that -- on those three counts the defendant passed the victim's check number 143 in the amount of $137.77. also at target. count 5 refers to the defendant using the personal information of the victim without her consent. count 6 is the defendant falsely making or forging the check. count 7 reflects the defendant actually passing the check in exchange for goods at target. as to counts 8, 9 and 10 those events took place within orange county, florida, on july 10th of 2008. the defendant passed check number 144 in the amount of $155.47 at target. count 8 reflects the defendant using the personal identification of the victim without her consent. count 9 is the unlawful making or altering or forging of the check. count 10 reflects the defendant actually passing the check in return for merchandise again at target. counts 11, 12 and 13 took place on july 15th of 2008, involves the victim's check number 146 in the amount of $250.

count 11 is, again, the defendant unlawfully using the personal identification of the victim without her permission. count 12 involves the defendant falsely making or forging check number 146 with the intent to defraud. count 13 reflects the defendant actually passing the check in the amount of $250 at the bank of america. going back to count 1, judge, the state will be prepared to prove that the crime's already documented, constituted one scheme or course of conduct to obtain the victim's money with the intent to permanently -- temporarily or permanently deprive the victim of over $300 in cash. that's what the state will be prepared to show. >> such as for the factual basis, the defense will stipulate. >> ms. anthony, do you understand if the case had gone to trial, that's what the state would expect to prove against you? >> yes. >> all right. i find you to be alert and intelligent. the plea was freely and voluntarily entered into. there is a sufficient factual basis for my acceptance of the

plea. either counsel want to be heard? then i'll hear from the state? >> yes, judge. are you referring to -- >> in terms of sentencing? >> yeah. sentencing request. >> yes, judge. >> forgive me. okay. thank you. i'm sorry. go ahead. >> judge, i totally understand. as it relates to argument and our, in this case, i think it's clear that our system, judge, strives for the goal of trying to treat -- >> that's the plea from the defense jose baez on behalf of the murder defendant. this is not a murder case. this is a check fraud case. and we're going to hear exactly what the judge will mete out as a punishment. it's a plea that casey anthony has entered into to get a lesser sentence. but she is still facing charges of murdering her daughter. we'll be right back.

president obama rolling out

a handful of new initiatives to help everyday americans. personal finance editor gerri willis breaks them down in today's >> hee are proposals on the table. child care assistance. the program would nearly double the tax credit for families learning less than $85,000. those earning up to $113,000 will see an increase in the program. two-thirds of families with children are headed by working parents or single working parent. it limits loan payments to 10% of discretionary income. the program is estimated to cost the government $400 million to $500 million over ten years and expands an existing program. and those trying to improve retirement security here, it would expand the saver's tax credits for folks earning $60,000 or less. it would make that refundable which means you would get the money whether or not you owed

income taxes. it also promotes annuities and other forms of lifetime guaranteed income, improves disclosure of 401(k) fees. and if you're responsible for taking care of your programs, there's caregiver support programs and day care. we talked to tax speshts and they say this programs are highly targeted for people who are having trouble right now. but they ask, where is the money coming from? how much will it cost and how are we going to pay for it? the president is expected to put heavy focus on the jobs and the economy in his state of the union address on wednesday. if you have any questions about your money problems, send them to me at gerri at cnn dm. casey anthony accused of killing her little girl is in a courtroom right now. that's her defense attorney trying to lessen the jail sentence on a check fraud charge. we'll find out the legal issues they're dealing with in open

court today and hopefully, and very soon, hear what her sentence will be. we'll be right back.

casey anthony is in a florida courtroom right now. you see her there. the 23-year-old charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. the judge is expecting guilty pleas on four different counts as well as accepting time served in excess of 400 days thus far. let's listen to the judge as he imposes a sentence here. >> forgery of a check to be the primary offense, so on counts 3, 6, 9 and 12, those are the forgery. >> we apologize for some of that video there we were seeing. but again, we want to let you know that jose baez was hoping

stan strickland would withhold sentencing until after the murder trial because he doesn't want his client there, casey anthony, to go before that jury. let's listen in here. >> as to counts 5, 8 and 11, which are three of the four fraudulent use of personal identification counts, the court's going to withhold adjudication and sentence ms. anthony to time served, which, again, is 412 days, followed by one year of supervised probation, which is a little bit of a thorny issue based on what you've heard here today. i'm not normally in a habit of explaining a sentence to the public. we usually just rule and roll. but in this case, the -- you should know that we can't put somebody on probation unless there's a period of -- excuse me, we can't withhold adjudication unless there's a period of probation attached to it. so we don't know what the future holds here. if the state's correct, there will be a conviction and lengthy

prison sentence. or worse, if the defense is correct, there will be an acquittal and she will walk free. what i will do on those counts, i'm ordering probation and giving her a withhold, counts 5, 8 and 11, and three of the four fraudulent personal i.d. counts, there's going to be a withhold followed by a year of supervised probation once released. again, that's an issue here, with the following special conditions. first of all, no personal contact, direct or indirect, with the victim, plus payment of court costs, which madam clerk, i've forgotten, how much are court costs? $348. plus payment of the costs of investigation. the amount the state is requesting is $5,517.75. court's ordering payments of cost of the investigation if necessary. we could have a hearing on the reasonableness of that amount at

a later date. my hope is that the parties can work something out or perhaps reduce it to a judgment or such. the court's also ordering on the -- each and every count, there has to be a blood sample, dna sample that has to be gotten. and that will be it. each of these sentences runs concurrently with one another. and with any other sentence she may be serving, which is zero, since this was in esense of a first offense. i've done what i thought -- >> again, this is judge stan strickland looking at casey anthony in a check fraud case here. this does not -- this is not about the murder trial of her daughter, caylee anthony. jose baez wanted the judge to withhold adjudication so his client, when it comes to her murder trial, would not be standing in front of that jury convicted of something else. the judge did indeed withhold

adjudication on some counts, tlug three of four i.d. fraud counts here, but accepted guilty pleas on four different counts. and awarded 412 days of time already served. we're going to continue to keep our eyes on this. again, it looks like perhaps judge stan strickland did order some things for casey anthony in court. a desperate search going on for a 7-year-old girl. she may have been abducted after her mother was killed. an amber alert is issued for aja danielle johnson, who you see here, comanche county deputies found the body of her mother last night inside her rv parked in geronimo. they believe aja is with her mother's estranged husband. they want to question lester hobbs about the woman's death. we should tell you, hobbs is not aja's biological father, but authorities say he is driving a

1992 white toyota paseo with license plate 577-bpw. they believe he was headed toward davenport, oklahoma. so please, if you're anywhere in that area, please keep your eye peeled for those people and that car. a reporter for the website the daily beast said he's gotten the inside story from the night tiger woods rammed his suv into a tree. journalist gerald pos ner said he got the account from two sources who talked to the golfer's wife, elin nordegren. posner said just before thanksgiving, woods told his wife the "national enquirer" was posting a story that he was having an affair. according to posner's sources woods assured her the relationship was platonic. nordegren wasn't convinced, they argued on thanksgiving night. posner told the "today" show elin nordegren checked twoods'

phone and found a text message. his sources told him nordegren then sent texts to uchitel and got an immediate response. then sources say she called uchitel and confronted her before confronting her sleeping husband. >> tiger makes it worse when he's woken up, he's a little out of it from the ambien pill, a sedative he took. instead of saying immediately, oh, i'm sorry. this is a terrible thing, let me tell you the truth, he locks himself in the bathroom for a few minutes, when he comes out elin takes his cell phone from him. and in essence she says she knows. i'm packing. and a divorce could be imminent. at that point, elin absolutely loses it. as i say, out of the swedish girl comes the viking. she starts pummeling him, as i understand it, and grabs the golf club. tiger runs out of there in his bare feet into that car and

she's chasing him. >> cnn hasn't confirmed any of posner's reporting. we have reached out to representatives, and as soon as we get any response from them. also, daily beast journalist is gerald posner is on the joy be hear show tonight. an ethiopian airline crashes just moments after taking off from beirut. was it an act of terrorism? what lebanon's president had to say about that.

a long time since we've heard anything from casey anthony, but a court in florida is hearing from her today. she was sentenced in her check fraud case to 412 days of time served already. the other sentences were held without adjudication, because of her pending murder trial.

but casey anthony did stand up and say something to her former friend, amy, whose name she forged on those checks. >> i just want to let everyone know that i'm sorry for what i did. i take complete and full responsibility for my actions. and i'd like to sincerely apologize to amy. i wish i would have been a better friend. >> okay. thank you. >> anything else? >> no. >> i thank you. once again, you have 30 days to appeal the sentence. >> this all came from some sort of predeal apparently that was arranged. but now obviously it looked like the check fraud case is taken care of. and we will now wait trial on the murder charges that she killed her daughter, caylee. all righty. president obama is previewing

one of the things he's going to raise in his state of the union address on wednesday. >> that's how joe and i measure progress. not by how the markets are doing, but by how the american people are doing. it's about whether they see progress in their own lives. we're going to keep fighting to rebuild our economy. so that hard work is once again rewarded, wages and incomes are once again rising and the middle class is once again growing. and above all, we're going to keep fighting to renew the american dream and keep it alive not just in our time, but for al time. >> biden chairs a task force on the middle class. it's proposing the government double the child care tax credit and increase funding for child care credits. and cap student loan payments. now, those recommendations will be included in the budget for next year. wednesday's state of the union address got us thinking, many think health care reform is

unsalvageable at this point. and the president should concentrate on creating jobs. this is one of our "your views" questions today. what are people saying? >> the president tried to make the case for months that the health care situation was tied to the economy. some people said yeah, i agree. some people say that is not the case. and some say even if it is, i don't care, i need a job right now. i need a job. that's the overwhelming response that we've gotten, we need jobs. let's go to our facebook comments right now. morgan said obama should focus more on jobs. health care reform doesn't seem like something plausible at this time. saying the president should pivot. tracy says both, focus on the economy and health care. please do not give up on health care reform. president obama we support you.

president obama needs to focus on the economy and jobs more than health care. the people without jobs should be the number one priority. our country will go broke if president obama doesn't create any jobs soon. shannon says both. if i had to choose one, it would be health care. seriously, if you can't get this passed now, forget reform. it will never happen. we have a call from kansas. you say there's only one priori priority. what is that? >> caller: wein my opinion, the priority is definitely health care. i agree with another caller earlier who said that once the health care issue has been passed, that it will create many jobs. i just want to say, i grew up in germany where they have national health care. when i went to college, i paid a very, very small fee for my totally inclusive health

insurance. and when i graduated and i started working, i didn't mind to have the standards percentage for health care deducted from my paycheck. and that covered everything. there were no deductibles, no co-payments. >> jutta, let me ask you this, before we run out of time. you say for you health care is absolutely the priority. having said that, do you think it's really going to happen? >> caller: it's not -- i know it has to happen. >> okay. jutta, you're not entertaining the possibility it won't at all. thank you for the phone call. shan is calling us from north carolina. what do you think, economy, jobs or health care? >> caller: well, i believe he should focus on both. of course, jobs should be a priority. but he should pass a law immediately preventing health care agencies from bankrupting

individuals when they are unable to pay their health care bills. they shouldn't have to lose their homes, savings, property, in order to pay off outstanding bills. >> so you said both. but it seems like you're leaning more towards health care being an urg ent type of situation in your area. >> caller: yes. there's a way we can revamp health care costs. lower the fees on medication, procedures and operations. it can be done. >> okay. shan, thank you for the phone call. let's get in a couple more facebook comments. barbara says i think they should both be a priority as those two issues are in dire need of attention. multitask. got this from david. i think one step and one issue at a time. the president is one man and not an octo-president. that's nice. >> davina says his goal should be both. thank you. she weighs in every day. i love to hear from her.

>> keep it coming then, davina. we invite you to continue to jump in here as well. should the president continue full steam ahead on the health care or focus on the economy and getting americans jobs? do you think he can focus on both adequately and make some sort of progress? call us at 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail address is always cnn.com/hln. and this is a pretty deep topic that requires a lot of words, but maybe you could get it in a text, hlntv. standard text rates apply. >> thank you, richelle. so, are we seeing the end of brangelina? or is this just rumor. a.j. hammer gets to the bottom of it. why so many people care about this hollywood couple.

lebanon's president said terrorism is not suspected in today's krach of an ethiopian airlines jet. it caught fire as it went down minutes after taking off in beir beirut. they're searching for the other 56 people onboard but have found no survivors thus far. pieces of the plane and debris have been washing ashore, including passenger seats, a fire extinguisher and a bottle of medicine. they're trying to figure out what caused this. the brad pitt and angelina

jolie foundation is raising money for the earthquake in haiti. a.j. hammer is in new york. i know these rumors come out, actually quite often. what was different about it this time? >> i'm glad mentioned about their donation. i wish that's what people would focus on. ordinarily rumors of a brad and angelina splitup wouldn't get a lot of attention. but when legitimate outlets like the "today" show and "los angeles times" and "usa today" runs with it, it gives the story credence. it started with a story at the beginning of the weekend which said preparations for a split began in early december when brad and angelina visited a big-time divorce firm trying to work out the deal to split their fortunings, and arrange custody. let me tell you a bit of what the story said. announcement of their separation is expected to be made soon. the speculation that the relationship is on the rocks. the source told the news of the world that the document was

signed in early january. the contract was like a tailor-made version of a prenuptial version. but the paperwork is already organized for a break-up and for it to be as unmessy for them as possible. it's a case of when they break up rather than if. well, i'm happy to report we can all rest easy. there are a whole host of unnamed sources who are speaking out of places like tmz and people.com saying they're close to the couple and nothing like this is actually going on. i hope that's true. i really like them individually and as a couple. >> we try to figure out why rumors like these take hold so fast. are there people out there who root for them to split? >> you know what, i've been doing this a long time, and as twisted as that theory seems, it does seem to be true in a lot of cases. for some reason people are hell-bent on seeing these people break up. a lot of attention for that a couple of times last year. i like them a lot, as i said. i give them a lot of credit for the baggage they put up for

being the most powerful celeb couple in the world. i think people should focus their energy elsewhere. much more on the brad pitt and angelina frenzy coming up tonight on "showbiz tonight." do brad and angelina need to publicly respond? why are people so hell-bent on seeing this marriage end? maybe we can get some answers tonight. because i need that insight, christi. we'll see you at 11:00 p.m. and pacific for "showbiz tonight." it's nuts. people are so focused and fascinated with the idea that these guys aren't going to make it. let them make it. >> dare i say it, it's almost like jennifer aniston and brad pitt broke up. everybody was talking about it. >> there's truth to the sometimes when there's smoke there's fire. in this case i personally don't think it's the truth. >> i'll hold you to it. thank you so much. actor gary coleman has been arrested and thrown in jail in utah. what charges the former child star faces now.

. this afternoon, casey anthony pleaded guilty to 13 charges stemming from check fraud. the 23-year-old is also charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. during the time in 2008 when police were searching for young caylee, anthony admits she stole more than $600 from her friend to buy clothes and groceries and to pay her phone bill. here's what she said today. >> i just want to let everyone know that i'm sorry for what i did. i take complete and full responsibility for my actions. and i'd like to sincerely apologize to amy. i wish i would have been a better friend. >> caylee's remains were found in december of 2008. today lawyers are also arguing before the judge about a date and other issues surrounding

that murder trial. casey anthony's being held without bond at the orange county jail. pleading not guilty to assaulting his father. 70-year-old daniel kerrigan died over the weekend after what prosecutors described as a violent argument with his son mark. he's charged with assaulting him and was arraigned today. there he is. prosecutors say daniel kerrigan fell or collapsed in the kitchen. the older kerrigan was pronounced dead at the hospital. he's being held on $10,000 bail. there is a desperate search right now in oklahoma for a 7-year-old girl who may have been abducted after her mother was killed. an amber alert has been issued for this little girl, aja daem johnson. they found the body of her mother, 37-year-old tanya hobbs, last night inside her rv parked in geronimo. they believe aja is with her

mother's estranged husband. they want to question him, 47-year-old lester hobbs. hobbs is not aja's biological father, but authorities say he's driving a 1992 white toyota paseo with the oklahoma license plate number 577-bpw. and they believe he was headed toward davenport, oklahoma. so please keep your eyes open for that. and also, this week we're beginning a new series on hln. highlighting the cases of children who vanished. enlisting your help to try to find them. our first case isn't just a missing child either. this is an entire family that's missing. in the case has baffled authorities in oklahoma. this little girl was last seen three and a half months ago. they all left their home, and no one has seen any of them since. but the truck they were driving was found 30 miles away two weeks later in a very rural area. kristen anderson is tracking the case for us. earlier i asked her about the

discovery of the family dog still alive inside that vehicle. do authorities believe that the family a bon tond the car intentionally? >> no. that's part of what makes this whole event so puzzling. obviously they wouldn't have left the dog in the car if they planned to be away from the car for very long. they also left a number of personal belongings in the car in plain view. since it's in such a remote area, there was no reason to be concerned about theft. so they're not really ruling anything out, including foul play at this point. >> please take a look at these pictures. madison is 6 years old, has blond hair and brown eyes. 50 pounds, 3'11" tall, and she's missing her two front teeth. her mother is 40 years old with brown hair and brown eyes, and her father, 44-year-old bobby jamison, 63 inches problem. he has a back problem and sometimes slouches when standing. if you have any information to help find this family, call

1-800-the lost, or go to www.missingkids.com. reporter for the website the daily beast said he has the inside story from the night tiger woods rammed his suv into a tree. journalist gerald posner said he got the account from two sources who talked to the golfer's wife, elin nordegren. he said just before thanksgiving, woods told his wife the national enquinger was printing a story claiming he had an affair with rachel uchitel. according to posner's sources, woods had his wife talk to her on the phone to make sure it was platon platonic. woods took an ambien sleeping pill and went to bed. nord i gren found a text message to yuch i tell saying he loved her. his sources said nordegren then

sent a text message to uchitel's phone and got an immediate response. >> when he's woen up, he's out of it from the ambien pill, the sedative he took. instead of saying immediately, i'm sorry, this is a terrible thing, he locks himself in the bathroom for a few minutes. when he comes out, elin manages to grab his cell phone from him and he sent in a text message to rachel uchitel saying in essence she knows, i'm packing. a divorce could be imminent. at that point elin absolutely loses it. as i say, out of the swedish girl comes the viking. she starts pummeling it with her fists both on his chest and arms and grabs the golf club. tiger runs out of there in his bare feet into that car and she's chasing him. >> cnn has not confirmed any of posner's reporting. we've reached out to representatives for tiger woods, elin nordegren and rachel

uchitel. we'll let you know if we get any response from them. gerald posner is on the joi y behar show tonight. trimt is not suspected in today's crash of an ethiopian airlines jet. 34 bodies have been recovered from the mediterranean sea. helicopters and naval ships have been searching for the other 56 people onboard but have found no survivors thus far. pieces of the plane and debris have been washing ashore, including passenger seats, a fire extinguishers and bottles of medicine. investigators are at the scene now trying to figure out what caused the crash. more and more wives are bringing home the bacon, and asking their husbands to fry it up in a pan. what happens when men and women swap their traditional roles.

let me ask you, are you smarter than your husband? do you bring home a bigger paycheck? you're not alone apparently. pew researchers found that women are better educated than their husbands in nearly one-third of marriages. overall, men still make more money, but wives are now the primary bread winner in 22% of couples. that's up from just 7% 40 years ago. here's what may be surprising here. divorce rates in the u.s. are down, which challenges the widely-held belief financially independent women have a hard time staying married. in fact, in states where fewer wives have higher paying jobs,

divorce rates are higher. we want to ask you today, richelle carey is here with us, you just take it away. >> christi, that phrase you used financially independent women, i picture women saying, i don't need a man. >> you don't need to make me no money, i'll make my own money. >> just hearing that, that's all i'm saying. we've been asking you, do you think men and women can traditionally switch the roles? what works for you? we're getting a lot of comments on facebook. whitney writes this. in my marriage, there are no traditional roles. we are a team. and have one goal to accomplish. take care of our kids and our home. there's nothing that i do that he doesn't do half the time, cook, clean, wash clothes, yardwork, hard work outside the home. but the only thing that my hubby doesn't do is comb the girls' hair. that is probably best for the girls, i'm pretty sure. jason is calling us from massachusetts. jason, you are a stay-at-home dad. >> caller: indeed. >> how did that end up

happening? were you -- was it because someone their job or did you make this choice? >> reporter: i've been the main bread winner this whole time. eight months ago i was laid off from my job, so she's the main source of income. as of right now, i do the household chores, you know, laundry, dishes, so forth, take care of the kids. really, i don't see a big deal about it. i would prefer this over my job any day of the week. i can do dishes and laundry, no problem. busting my hump at work 40 hours a week is a pain. as long as both of you are cool with it, i don't see an issue. >> let me ask you this. do you ever hesitate before you tell someone you're a stay-at-home dad? >> caller: not at all. i don't understand the stigma. i don't know. >> there seems to be less and less of a stigma, that's for sure. jason, thank you for the phone call. brian is on the line from savannah, tennessee. you're a little more traditional, brian, yeah? >> caller: yes.

i believe that, you know, the man should go off and go off to work and provide for his family. i would just -- i respect men that do stay at home. but i would rather be out working and providing for a family than her having to go out and do it herself. >> what if it's a matter of not necessarily having to, what if you make plenty of money. what if she wants to go out and contribute? would you rather her contribute financially and have a job or would you rather her stay at home? >> caller: i'd rather her not have to work. but if it come down to a need for her to work, it would be fine. >> i'm asking if she wants to, bryen? how would you feel about that? >> caller: just wants to? i would rather my wife just stay at home. >> all right. bryen, you're not alone. thank you. here are facebook comments. steve wrote this, times do change. i would think one would be more concerned about the family as a unit. i find peace in knowing that if

something should happen to me, my wife can and will make it on her own and keep the family intact. good perspective there. got confidence in her. >> what's on your page? jamie wrote, my husband and i could never switch roles. he's a manly man who refuses to do any type of housework. he doesn't even do his own laundry. he feels i need to stay home, take care of the kids and house. jamie's not telling us what she thinks she should do. >> i was wondering the same thing. >> everything we're hearing proves to each, his or her own. >> absolutely. we like to hear what works for you. do you think that this traditional role thing is the way to go? or do you like to find that could be successful in your family unit as well? call us right now, 1-877-tell-hln. e-mails, we like that, too, cnn.com/hln. text to hlntv, put the word views in there, so we can find them and know it's for us. you can also comment on my

facebook page, richelle carry hln. and chuck and christi have pages as well. >> thank you, richelle. >> sure. president obama is promising new assistance for families dealing with hard times. we want to tell you how he plans to help them.

emotional testimony about the shooting death of a caps as doctor. these are live pictures coming to us right now. a church usher told a wichita jury he saw this man, scott roeder, walk up to dr. george tiller and put a gun to his head. tiller was also serving as an usher when he was shot to death. the witness testified the gunman threatened to shoot him, too, when he tried to block the exit. roeder claims he was justified in killing tiller to prevent the doctor from performing abortions. prosecutors contend it was cold-blooded execution. also, quite some testimony from a neighbor of former illinois police officer drew peterson. he's charged in the death of his third wife. sharon says peterson's fourth wife stacey told her she was

afraid her husband would kill her. today's hearing is to determine whether prosecutors can use hearsay evidence like that during peter se oon trial. stacey speertson disappeared in 2007. he's pleaded not guilty in the death of kathleen savio. she was found in a dry bathtub in her home in 2004. her death was initially ruled a homicide. but officers exhumed her body and ruled the death a homicide. or official sli ruled a suicide. then ruled a homicide after stacey peterson vanished. three dozen people were killed in car bombs in baghdad today. iraqi police say suicide bombers blew up three cars near hotels popular with western journalists and businessmen. officials say they expected the death toll to rise. one of the to hels, two men opened fire on guards before des nating the explosives. the first explosion was so strong, it toppled a row of concrete walls along the road. so far no one's claimed

responsibility. the attacks came shortly before state tv announced the man known as chemical ali had been executed. he was hanged after being convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide. it was the first time he had been given the death penalty for his gas attacks against iraq's consideredish minority. 5,000 kurds were killed in the attacks. president obama's interviewing one of the -- previewing one of the themes he'll raise in his state of the union address on wednesday. he and the vice president are trying to help families caught in a financial squeeze. it's proposing the government double the child care tax credit and increase funding for child care services, give new tax breaks for retirement savings and cap student loan payments. the task force recommendations will be included in the president's budget for next year. but we'd like you to give us

your views on this topic. do you think the president should continue with health care reform, or concentrate on the economy in getting americans jobs? do you think he can adequately accomplish both? the number is 1-877-tell-hln. you can e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. send us a text at hlntv, or a faceboo facebook. walmart says it is eliminating more than 11,000 jobs at sam's club, or about 10% of the work force there. most of them are people who work part-time in the chain's # 00 stores offering free samples and doing product demonstrations. that work will now be contracted out to a marketing company which could hire some of the same people. sam's club is also eliminating 1,200 jobs in membership recruitment. if you've lost your job, and you don't have health care, don't panic. hln money expert clark howard says you may be eligible for a special program offered by the government. >> if you've been laid off from

your job, one of the things you're probably trying to hold on to is the health benefits you had from your employer. you had from your employer. and many of us are eligible for the continuation of our health coverage through a program known as cobra. cobra though is not as good as it seems because the premiums you have to pay can be huge. you have to pay the full unsubsidized cost to your former employer plus an administrative charge to continue your coverage. that's why most people who have cobra rights don't exercise them, but right now because of the nation's high unemployment rate, there's a special program that was just extended that allows you to get for up to 15 months a subsidy from the government to continue your health benefits. the government pays roughly two-thirds of your premiums under this special cobra program. so if you think you can't afford your health coverage, you might be able to. for more info about how this

cobra coverage works, check out cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> watch clark howard every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern right here. oh, it is party time in new orleans. of course, mardi gras is still three weeks away but the city is celebrating the saints who are going to their first super bowl. they won the nfc championship to beat the minnesota vikings. they will face a new orleans native in miami. peyton manning. he led his colts to a two touchdown victory over the new york jets in the afc championship game. nearly half a million gallons of oil gushed into the water at port artur, texas, when these two ships crashed. there are two sensitive wildlife areas close by. how it's affecting them and how the cleanup is going. erererererr

before she's tried for murder of her daughter caylee, casey anthony appears in court to deal with other pressing legal problems. do you know that children's song about the foolish man who built his house upon the sand? a lot of families could lose it all. and good news for many of those in rural communities across america. high speed internet is coming your way thanks to the usda. hln "news and views." hi on a monday p.m. i'm chuck roberts. casey anthony this afternoon pleaded guilty to 13 charges stemming from check fraud in july 2008. the 23-year-old is also charged with first degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. during the time in '08 when police were looking for the little girl, anthony admits she

stole more than $600 from her friend to buy clothes and groceries and to pay her phone bill. >> i just want to let everyone know that i'm sorry for what i did. i take complete and full responsibility for my actions, and i'd like to sincerely apologize to amy. i wish i would have been a better friend. >> amy hi ziuizinga was the nam her best friend. casey anthony being held without bond as she awaits trial. judge strickland sentenced her to time served in jail for the fraud charges as well as probation if she's ever released. if you have questions about what happened in court today, nancy grace's letitia lance was there and will be joining us at 4:30. get the latest on this ongoing case. to post your questions, by the way, just go to richelle carey's facebook page, richelle carey

hln. there's a desperate search under way in oklahoma for a 7-year-old girl who may have been abducted after her mother was killed. an amber alert has been issued for aja dan gel johnson. comanche county sheriff's department found the body of her mother inside her rv. police think aja is with her mother's estranged husband. they want to question lester hobbes about the woman's death. he is not aja's biological father. he's driving is 92 white toyota paseo with oklahoma plates 577-bpw. it doesn't have hubcaps. dramatic testimony about the shooting death of a kansas doctor. an usher said he saw scott roeder walk up to tiller's head and put a gun to his head. that witness testified that the

gunman threatened to shoot him, too, when he tried to block the exit. roeder claims he was just justified in killing tiller to prevent the doctor from performing abortions. dramatic testimony today from a neighbor of former illinois police officer drew peterson who is charged in the death of his third wife kathleen savio. sharon says stacy told her she was afraid her husband would kill her. today's hearing is to determine if prosecutors can use hearsay evidence like that during peterson's trial. stacy peterson disappeared in 2007. drew peterson has not been charged in her disappearance and has pleaded not guilty in the death of kathleen savio. she was found in a dry bathtub in her home in 2004 and her death was called a suicide. then officers exhumed her body and ruled her death a homicide after stacy peterson went missal. what will a rebuilt haiti look like? leaders are meeting in montreal to talk about reconstructing the

country. secretary of state hillary clinton is among the foreign ministers. families of americans still missing in the port-au-prince rubble are angry and frustrated that rescue efforts have been suspended. they have begun a petition drive asking for rescuers to keep searching. the father of a missing college student just returned from haiti after seeing it all firsthand. >> i will never forget what i saw, what i smelled, and what i saw. our britt is still missing. we're not sure where she is, but we are preparing ourselves for the worst and praying for a miracle. >> the haitian government now says the confirmed death toll is more than 111,000. this is the funeral of the catholic archbishop of port-au-prince killed in the quake almost two weeks ago. he was buried on saturday. many of the victims are buried in mass graves like this one. european officials say another

250,000 people were hurt, and the u.n. says more than 6,000 have been left homeless. 80 homes are threatened and some could slide down a hill. this is in san antonio. look at this. the soil is sliding. the retaining walls are cracked and cracking. some houses are on top of the walls. they have already clearly been damaged. more than a dozen of them have been evacuated. one couple said this happened just a week after the builder's warranty ran out on their house. an update to a horrific story. charla nash, the woman mauled and blinded in a chimpanzee attack will not be tibl get a face and hand transplant at the cleveland clinic. these pictures are very graphic and many will find them disturbing. an attorney for -- we don't have the pictures? we don't have the pictures. an attorney for the family told the associated press today the family is looking at other treatment centers because the cleveland clinic can't do it. you may recall nash finally showed her face during a recent appearance on the oprah winfrey

show. at the time she said she wanted to reveal her face on her own terms and there's a shot from the oprah show. president obama's promising new assistance for families dealing with hard times. how he plans to help them, and we're going to share "your views." is the government doing enough in is it improperly focused? or is it trying to do too much?

the latest on the missing girl in oklahoma. the 7-year-old has been missing for some time. here is the latest. >> body of 37-year-old tonya leann hobbes was found inside a camper inside the residence of geronimo. miss hobbes was the estranged wife of a man named lester william hobbes. mr. hobbes is 46 years of age,

6'1", and 190 pounds, a white male. the hobbes were going through the process as we understand it of a separation. at some point she was trying to reconcile it and she was down visiting lester hobbes at his camping trailing here. the trailer is on some family members of the hobbs family. the family became concerned yesterday when they didn't see tonya or her small daughter. her small daughter, 7-year-old aja, and i want to clarify her spelling of her name it's actually an unusual spelling. it's a-j-a. her middle name is danielle johnson. aja is a white female, 7 years of age as i previously stated. she's 4 foot tall, weighs about 59 pounds. she has brown hair, brown eyes, and her hair has a reddish tint

to it. i just got off the telephone with her real father just a few minutes ago, and he described her hair as having dark black tints that had recently been dyed. once the family noticed that they hadn't been around on sunday afternoon, they became concerned. one of the family members actually pried the door of the trailer open and found the body of tonya hobbs inside the residence. what's concerning us is lester hobbs is not present at this location nor is 7-year-old aja hobbs. there is no relationship between lester -- let me clarify that name. it's aja johnson. there is no relationship between them. we know they were driving at least a 1992 toyota paseo. the car has been described as white in color. it should have oklahoma license tag 577-bpw. that's boy paul william.

another thing that's kind of unusual about this car as the family describes it is the hubcaps are missing from the automobile and the rear passenger window has been broken out and has some plastic taped up around it to stop the elements. as i said, we've been on the investigation since late last night. this is a joint effort among multilaw enforcement agencies in the area. our primary focus, number one, so to find aja johnson and for her safe return. the only thing that's really developed in the investigation since i spoke to many of you earlier this morning is the fact that today in lincoln county, oklahoma, lester hobbs was supposed to appear at 9:30 in district court on a dui charge. he did not appear. as a result of his failure to appear, lincoln county has issued a felony warrant for his arrest for failure to appear on that dui charge.

this is just another element in the arsenal that law enforcement is utilizing at this point in time to see if we can locate him and at least find him, detain him, and see what we can determine, what the status of aja might be. i'll take just a couple of questions on it. there's not much we're going to be able to really divulge at this point in time. this is an ongoing process and -- we'll give you maybe three or four here. any questions? [ inaudible question ] >> i think many of the news media have already figured out and determined that he does have a pretty extensive criminal history. i have glanced at it earlier today. i can't really go into the details. i just honestly don't recall all of the extent of his criminal history. [ inaudible question ] >> able to get a lot more information than we already knew about the disappearance of aja

johnson who is missing. the worry is the little girl may be with lester hobbs and that hobbs -- that's the oklahoma bureau of investigation we were told. that lester hobbs may have grabbed that little girl and may have had some involvement in the death of the little girl's mother tonya johnson who was found murdered by authorities in a mobile home, in an rv, in injury mgeronim geronimo, oklahoma. there's lester hobbs who is being sought by police in connection with the disappearance of little aja johns johnson. we'll bring you more information on that as it comes in.

pretty crucial week for the president. he's previewing one of the themes he will raise during the state of the union address on wednesday. he and the vice president are offering some government help, new help, for families caught in a financial squeeze. joe biden chairs a task force on the middle class. it's proposing the government double the child care tax credit and increase funding for child care services giving new tax breaks for retirement savings, capping student loan payments. their recommendations will be embodies in the president's budget for the coming fiscal year. we want to know what you want to hear from the president on wednesday. do you want a total course correction? many think that health care reform is unsalvageable and that he should be concentrating

almost exclusively on job creation. do you agree? richelle carey, what is everybody saying? >> most people say jobs. some say they want him to never focus on health care ever. they think this correction is almost too little too late. we want to start with aaron. aaron is from france and he participated in the hln "news and views" tour right here in atlanta. this is what aaron had to say. >> i think he should continue the health program. it's necessary. it may not succeed, but i'm optimistic that sooner or later we will have it. we are the only nation in the world that doesn't have a complete program for everybody in the country. >> and you probably would have figured out the accident but we still thought we'd tell you he was from france. here are some e-mails. got this from cindy. cindy says it's disgraceful that this country's greatest resource, it's people, must risk losing everything or forgo medical procedures altogether because there's no national

health care system. vee says he should focus on both. both have ties to the economy. but since the issues of jobs and unemployment are quite prissing, the economy should top his list. however he can walk and chew gum and is fully capable of focusing on a number of other things simultaneously. another says, it clearly has to be jobs. i have a bachelors in by ol and a masters in fisic and i am competing with 500 to 600 other job seekers for every job i apply for. that is insane and it leads me to believe no one is serious about meaningful job creation, only outcoursing. i am not optimistic that anyone in washington gets it at all. we have a call from minnesota. you're from the camp that the economy and fixing health care are tied together. >> yes, they are. >> explain that. >> i believe president obama should continue with the health care agenda because the cost of

insuring an employee is too costly. work and insurance goes hand in hand. baby boomers are coming up to retirement age and we become a great strain on the government through medicare and medicaid. if the system is not fixed now, we, the people, will not be able to maintain or sustain that great number of people. i am tired of people talking about the government as if it's an alien body. we, the people, of the united states of america in order to form a more perfect union do hereby decree. remember that? but the republican party when they are not running the country into the ground seems to have successfully changed the minds of citizens to believe that we, the people, are not the government. >> okay. you're clearly very passionate. we always invite passionate calls. let me ask you this though. i hear what you're saying -- actually, she's gone. sorry about that. i will stop the conversation so i'm not just talking to myself.

we'll read some facebook comments right now. it's under richelle carey hln. neil wrote this, american companies can't afford to hire americans because of health care costs. the canadian government pays for canadian's health care, same with every other industrialized nation in the world. do you think jobs come before health care? the insurance companies and out of control costs in an industry insulate insulated comes before health care? a lot of people are trying to connect the economy and health care which is what the president tried to do. some people say, no, just jobs, jobs, jobs. >> just because a new job is created does not mean it will, a, offer health insurance, or, b, pay enough to allow you to buy insurance since medical expenses are one of the main causes of bankruptcy and financial stress in this country. wouldn't it make sense that health care reform would ease that burden? >> wow, people are really

entrenched in their positions, aren't they, but these have been great comments all day. >> hello. >> hey. >> anyway, you got several ways of getting in there. there's the toll free number, the website dress, aaddress, an richelle and i would really appreciate you weighing inn on our facebook pages. people will still rather hear you talking to yourself than me talking to myself. >> we all talk to ourselves. more than a dozen rural areas are about to get upgraded to high speed internet thanks to the government. the ag department is using more than $300 million in stimulus money to make this happen. the government hopes it will lead to more jobs and it is designed to give people more access to online classes te telemedicine.

the agriculture department plans to pass out $2.5 billion in money. we got fascinating new video of police interrogations after the balloon boy incident in colorado. it shows mayumi heene confessing the whole thing was a hoax. deputies say she admitted it after they told her she'd failed her lie detector test. they told richard heene the same thing and he refused to confess. >> i wish i could tell you -- >> why don't you -- >> this is a choice you're making. i need to ask her about something [ bleep ]. you're blackmailing me. >> you can ask her -- >> you're not going to talk with her until she's done with the interview. >> i want to talk to her right now. >> heene claims he only pleaded guilty to save his wife from being deported to japan. she's in jail serving a 30 day

term. more and more wives are bringing home the bacon asking their husbands to try it up in the pan. what happens when men and women swap their traditional roles? we'll get your thoughts on that. d

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a prosecution witness described the moment a kansas doctor was gunned down inside a church in wichita and i.d.'d the man charged with murder. jean casarez joins from just outside. several eyewitnesses or at least two eyewitnesses. >> these are the star witnesses for the prosecution case. the first up with to take the stand was gary. he testified he was talking with dr. george tiller in the foyer of the church. both of them were ushers that sunday morning. all of a sudden he saw the man come out of the sanctuary. he looked down and then looked up and he saw a small caliber gun at the temple of dr. george tiller. the trigger was pulled, he said. he saw it all with his own eyes

and dr. george tiller lay flat on his back after that. the other witness, keith martin, said he was in the foyer, all of a sudden he heard a sound, he turned. he saw scott roeder, who the defense admits did the shooting, run out of the church foyer and to his car. both of them testified that scott roeder turned the gun on them saying, move or i'll shoot you. and that is important because there are two charges of aggravated assault saying that scott roeder put them in visible harm and apprehension of fear for their life. >> it's also important in the sense that he claims, roeder claims, that he was sort of seized by this impulse to protect unborn children, and yet he didn't just drop the gun. he tried to get away. in fact, he allegedly pointed the gun at the people who were trying to stop him from fleeing, right? >>. >> reporter: you're right, and all of this goes toward the intentional premeditation that the prosecution is asserting in this first-degree murder case,

but, chuck, i have to tell you, they're on cross-examination right now, and the defense attorney is bringing out all of the different episodes of violence, quote, unquote, that were perpetrated on this church because dr. george tiller was a member. for instance, back in 1996 he said somebody ran in the church and tried to push the piano player off of her bench. there have been continued protests throughout the year. i think what the defense is going to try to show is that the state of mind of the defendant, that he never did this violence through the years, he sat quietly at that church, visiting it several times before the murder and it was his honest belief that because had church had the member of george tiller in their congregation, that he had to fek effectuate violence. >> are tiller and other family members present? >> yes, they are in the courtroom. you know, chuck, let me tell you what i did during lunch. i want to meet people and see who is here. i was on the ninth floor where

the courtroom is, and you've got one section of devotees to scott roeder. then the other section of the hallway that are those that are in favor of the prosecution and the tiller family. tiller's family is not there, but as i spoke with both forms -- sections of the hallway because they're on such d divergent views, a lot of tension. >> you paint quite a picture. let me confirm one quick thing. on cross-examination did one of the eyewitnesses say he heard roeder say something like lord forgive me? >> yes, and the defense is going to use that because the defense is going to say that the alleged victim was not in fear for his own life. he said, lord, save me. lord, forgive me, meaning that he was not going to do violence to this other man. >> a lot of emotion. jean, thank you, great report. this afternoon in another

courtroom, this one in orange county, florida, casey anthony pleaded guilty to 13 charges stemming from check fraud. the 23-year-old's also charged with first degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. during the time in 2008, we're talking july '08, when police were searching for the little girl, anthony admits she stole more than $600 from her friend to buy clothes and groceries and to pay her phone bill. >> i want to let everyone know that i'm sorry for what i did. i take complete and full responsibility for my actions, and i'd like to sincerely apologize to amy. i wish i would have been a better friend. >> caylee's remains were found in december 2008. casey anthony is being held without bond at the orange county jail as she awaits the murder trial which is expected before the end of the year. today judge strickland sentenced her to time served in jail for the fraud charges as well as probation if she's ever released. dramatic testimony today

from a neighbor of former illinois police officer drew peterson who is charged in the death of his third wife kathleen savio. sharon bikows ski said peterson fourth wife told her she was afraid drew would kill her. stacy peterson disappeared in 2007. he pleaded not guilty in the death of kathleen savio. they exhumed her remains and later ruled the death a homicide after stacy peterson went missing. a desperate search continues in oklahoma for a 7-year-old girl who may have been abducted after her mother was killed. an amber alert has been issued for aja dan gel johnson. aja has a medical condition that requires medication. comanche county deputies found the body of her mother, tonya hbs last night.

police believe aja is with her mother's estranged husband. they want to question 47-year-old lester hobbs about the woman's death. he's missed a court appearance on a dui charge. he is not the little girl's father. authorities say he's driving a '92 white toyota paseo with oklahoma plates 577-bpw, has no hubcaps and has a plastic cover on the passenger's rear window. what will a rebuilt haiti look like? leaders from more than a dozen countries ever meeting in montreal to talk about reconstructing the earthquake devastated country. secretary of state hillary clinton is among the foreign ministers there. families of americans still missing in the port-au-prince rubble are angry and frustrated that rescue efforts have been suspended or called off. they've begun a petition drive asking for rescuers to resume searching. the father of a missing college student just back from haiti after seeing it all firsthand had this to say. >> i will never forget what i saw, what i smelled and what i

saw. our britt is still missing. we're not sure where she is, but we are preparing ourselves for the worst and praying for a miracle. >> the haitian government now says the confirmed death toll is more than 111,000 and the government estimates it will go to at least 150,000. this, by the way, is the funeral for the archbishop of port-au-prince who was killed in the quake. he was buried saturday. many of the victims are buried in mass graves like this one. european officials say another 250,000 people were hurt and the u.n. reports more than 6,000 have been left homeless. a figure that you might expect would be a lot bigger than that by now. we'll double-check that. dozens of homes in san antonio are perched on the edge as the ground gives way in a neighborhood. what's left of them, the ones

that are not in danger of sliding down a hill.

80 homes are threatened and some of them could slide down a hill. it's happening in san antonio. the soil is sliding and the retaining walls cracking. some houses on top of the walls have been already been damaged. more than a dozen have already been evacuated. one couple said it happened a week after the builder's warranty ran out on their house. we have to warn you the pictures we're about to show you in this story are very graphic and some may find them disturbing. it's an update to a story we've been following. charla nash, the woman who was vishl vishl viciously mauled and

blinded by a chimpanzee attack will not be able to get a face and hand transplant at a cleveland clinic. the family is looking at other treatment centers because the clinic can't do it. she finally showed her face during a recent oprah winfrey guest appearance. at that time she said she wanted to reveal her face on her own terms. the cleveland clinic performed the first face transplant in the u.s. in 2008. president obama is rolling out a handful of new nir initiatives to help everyday americans. gerri, what is the president considering? >> hi, chuck. here are some proposals on the table. child care assistance. the program would nearly double the child care tax credit for families earning less than $85,000. families earning up to $115,000 will see an increase in the program. two-thirds of families with children are headed by working parents or a single working parent. the program also improves college affordability.

it limits loan payments to 10% of discretionary income. now, the program is estimated to cost the government $400 million to $500 million over ten years and it expands an existing program called the income-based repayment plan. also something for people who are saving for retirement trying to improve retirement security here. it would expand the savers tax credit matching 50% of the first $1,000 of contributions for folks earning $65,000 or less. and it would also make that refundable which means you would get the money whether or not you owed north carolina tax owed income taxes. it also improves disclosure of 401(k) fees and if you're responsible for taking care of your parents, there's an elder care assistance program increasing funding for caregiver support programs, adult daycare, and in-home home services. we spent the morning talking to personal finance experts from tax specialists to retirement specialists. they say these programs are highly targeted for people who

are having trouble right now, but they ask how are we going to pay for it? the president is expected to put heavy focus on the jobs and the economy in his state of the union address on wednesday and we will bring you the latest. and, of course, if you have any questions about your money problems, send them to me at gerri@cnn.com. >> gerri willis, appreciate it. more and more wives are bringing home the bacon and asking their husbands to fly it in the pan. what happens when men and women swap their traditional roles?

do you bring moment a bigger paycheck than your husband? it's happening a lot. in fact, it's happening a great deal. do you have more education than him? you're certainly not alone. pew research, which sort of data mined some census figures, found that women are better educated than their husbands in nearly a third of marriages. overall men still make more money, but wives are now the primary bread winner in 22% of couples up from only 7% 40 years ago. what may be more surprising, divorce rates in the u.s. are down, and women with more

education and economic independence are more likely to stay married. that challenges the widely held notion that financially independent women have a hard time staying married. in states where fewer wives have paid jobs, divorce rates are higher. we have been asking "your views" on this. do you think men and women can successfully switch the traditional breadwinner roles? judith had this to say as to why more women are bringing in bigger paychecks. >> since i'm an attorney it's very interesting to me because the majority of women in the medical schools today are 50%, and in the law schools they're 50%, so, therefore, they're getting more and more money out in the field, and it seems today even with the economy with the men losing their jobs, the women have stepped in and taken the jobs not away from men, but the unemployment rate at 10%, the majority of people who have lost their jobs are male, and the

females have continued to keep their jobs. so when you put them all together, the women today, we have more ceos of large companies, of big companies, and they're making more money today, and the women have raised up in arms because they're not making as much money as men, and, therefore, they now decided in the large corporations and attorneys and doctors that they could make more money today. and that's why you're seeing this big jump in women earning substantially more money than men. >> all right, judith. thank you so much. appreciate it. a lot of facebook comments. let's plow through a few. if you love each other it shouldn't matter who makes more. it all goes together in the same account. there were times in the past that i made more. it just didn't matter. steve writes this, my girlfriend makes more than me, but i have seen her ex and i am a move up from that by 100%. i at least help around the home

with the bills and chores. plus, i'm the cook in the house. you agree, you think men and women can successfully switch these traditional roles? would it work for you? what do you think of the overall effect on society? call us toll free, 877-tell-hln. cnn.com/hln is the website address. you can also text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. a reporter for the website the daily beast says he's got the inside scoop from the tiger woods incident on thanksgiving night when he rammed his suv into a tree and the sex scandal that followed. journalist gerald posner said he got the account from two sources who say they talked to the golfer's wife elin. posner says just before thanksgiving woods told his wife the national enquirer was going to print a story claiming he had an affair with nightclub hostess rachel uchitel. woods had uchitel talk to his wife on the phone to assure her the relationship was platonic. elin wasn't convinced.

they argued thanksgiving night. woods reportedly took an ambien sleeping pill and went to bed. posner told nbc's "today" show that elin then checked woods' phone and found a text message to uchitel saying he loved her. now, posner said his sources tell him that elin then sent a text to uchitel from tiger's phone and got an immediate response. then the sources say she called uchitel, confronted her before confronting her sleeping husband. >> tiger makes it worse. when he's woken up, he's a little out of it from the ambien pill he took, but instead of saying immediately i'm sorry, you know, this is a terrible thing, let me tell you the truth, he locks himself in the bathroom for a few minutes. when he comes out elin manages to grab his cell phone from him and he's actually sent a text message off to rachel uchitel saying in essence she knows, i'm packing, and a divorce could be imminent. well, at that point elin absolutely loses it. as i say, out of the swedish

girl comes the viking and she starts pummeling him as i understand it with her fists both on his chest and arms and then grabs the grabs the golf club. tiger runs out of there in his bare feet into that car and she's chasing him. >> cnn has none confirmed any reporting. we have reached out to elin nordegren and uchitel. her attorney, gloria allred said her client has no comments. we'll let you know when we get anything from others and gerald posner is a guest on the "joy behar show" tonight on hln at 9:00. about to get upgraded to high-speed internet thanks to the government. the agriculture department is spending stimulus funds to make this happen hoping it will lead 0 to more jobs in economic development in those area and designed to give more people access to online classes,

telemed classes. the agriculture department plans to pass out stimulus money for broad wand programs. the director of the kren chris bureau getting his hands dirty, wet, whatever the phrase is. he will formally launch the head count in norvic, alaska. he'll count the first household himself with a world war ii veteran scheduled to complete the first census form of the decade. norvic is throwing a big party for the visiting census takers. they'll be in the arctic town all week counting the approximately 650 people who live there. all right. it's party time in new orleans. >> kind of wish were you there, right? mardi gras is three weeks abecame the saints are going to their first super bomb, they won the nfc championship beating the vikings. they face the colts in miami.

peyton manning led his team to a victory over the jets in the afc championship. the incredible dog rescue update. what the fire department saying about the rescue and what might be in store for the dog. 

guilty. not what you think, though. the plea is unletted to the murder of her little girl caylee. what she told the judge in orlando today. >> the everyone is proving in texas. what's happening to houses built along this new crack in the ground. look at that. over the past year most observers expected beau biden to follow his father's footsteps into the u.s. senate. biden says, no. i'm richelle carey. thank you for your time. big developments in court today, this afternoon. casey anthony pleaded guilty to 13 charges stemming from check fraud also charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. during the time in 2008 when police were searching for little caylee, anthony admits she stole

more than $600 from her friend to buy clothes, groceries and to pay her phone bill. >> i just wanted to let everyone know that i'm sorry tore what i did. i take complete and full responsibility for my actions, and i'd like to sincerely apologize to amy. i wish i would have been a better friend. >> caylee's remain was found in december of 2008. casey anthony is held without bond at the orange county jail waiting to be tried on murder charges. today the judge sentenced her to time served in jail for the fraud charges that results in probation if she were ever released. coming up in our next half hour, nancy grace will answer some of your questions on the latest developments in the casey anthony case. get your questions in, we'll talk about that. there is a desperate search going on right now in oklahoma for 7-year-old girl who may have been abducted after her mother was killed.

there's an amber alert for aja danielle johnson. aja has a medical condition that required medication. ka manch e county deputies found the body of her mother, 37-year-old tonya hobbs inside her rv park in geronimo. police believe aja's with her mother's estranged boyfriend, an ex-con and want to question 47-year-old lester hobbs about the death of aja's mother. he missed a court appearance this morning on a dui charge. hobbs is not aja's biological father. they're trying to find his 1992 white toyota pa seo with licens plate 577-bpw. no hub cabs. nancy kerrigan's brother pleaded not guilty to assaulting his father, 70-year-old daniel kerrigan died oesh the weekend after what prosecutors describe

describe a violent argument with his son. the younger kerrigan is charged with assaulting him and formally charged today. daniel kerrigan fell or collapsed after a struggle with his son, it happened at the family home. the elder kerrigan was pronounced dead at the hospital. mark kerrigan is held on $10,000 bond. his wife told "the herald" her husband died of a heart attack. the inside story from the night tiger woods rammed his suv into a tree and word of the sex scandal broke. gerald posner said he got the account from two sources who say they talked to the golfer's wife. just before thanksgiving woods told his wife the "national inquire e" wag going to print a story saying he had an affair with waitress rachel uchitel. woods had uchitel talk to his wife on the phone to assure the relationship was platonic. woods took an ambien sleeping

pill. went to bed. posner told the "today" show elin checked his phone found a text message to uchitel saying he loved her. en ser says sources tell him tessages t owoods'hone and got an immediate response. with plea so far. sources say she called uchitel and confronted her before confronting her sleeping husband. >> tiger makes it worse when he's woken up he's doozy, out of it from the ambien pill, sedative he took. instead of saying immediately i'm sorry, this is a terrible thing let me tell you the truth he locks himself in the bathroom. when he comes out elin manages to grab his cell phone from him and he actually sent a text message off to rachel uchitel saying in essence, she knows i'm packing and a divorce could be imminent. well, at that point, elin absolutely loses it. as i say, out of the swedish girl comes the viking and she

starts pummeling him as i understand it with herself fists on his chest and arms and grabs the golf club. tiger runs out in his bare feet into the car and she's chasing him. >> okay. cnn has not confirmed any of posner's reporting. we have contacted represents for tiger woods, elin nordegren and uchitel. gloria allred says her client uchitel la no comment. we haven't heard back fri elin or tiger woods. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern, "the joy behar show." what will haiti rebuilt look like? talking about rebuilding this earthquake devastated country. secretary of state hillary clinton is among these foreign ministers. families of americans still missing in the port-au-prince rubble are angry and frustrated that the rescue efforts have been called off. they've started a petition

asking for the rescuers to keep searching. to keep looking. the father of a missing college student just returned from haiti after seeing this all firsthand. >> i will never forget what i saw, what i smelt, and what i saw. our daughter is still missing. we're not sure where she is, t but -- we are preparing ourselves for the worst, and praying for a miracle. >> wow. the haitian government now estimates the death toll at at least 150,000 people. what you're seeing here is the funeral for the catholic archbishop of port-au-prince killed in the quake, he was burred saturday. many of the victims are just buried in mass graves. like that one right there. officials say another 250,000 people were hurt and the u.n. says more than 6,000 -- 600,000 people, 600,000 people have been

left homeless. 80 homes are threatened and some of them could slide down a hill. this is happening in san antonio. the soil is sliding and it's cracking. those retaining walls right there, some houses on top of the walls have already been damage pd more than a dozen evacuated. one couple says this happened just a week after the builders warrant ran out on their house. think the worst oil still in texas in more than 15 years pictures of it. coast guard crews have been able to contain the nearly half million gallons of crude that dumped into the waters about 90 miles east 6 houston. it happened when a tanker collided way tow boat. a concern, two nearby wildfire areas. residents are being told to report any oil covered animals. on the lookout for that. president obama's promising assistance for families dealing with hard times. there is a lot of families dealing with hard times.

how he plans to help them. reviews. is the government doing enough?

president obama's previewing one of the themes he'll raise at his state of the union address wednesday. he and vpd biden are offering new government help for families caught in this kmnl squeeze. biden chairs a task force on the middle class and it's proposing the government double the child care tax credit, increase funding for child care services give new tax breaks for resirmt savings and cap student loan payments. the task force recommendations will be included in the president's budget for next year. what are your questions of the day been? do you think the president should maybe stop focusing on health care as much and focus more on the economy and jobs? let's hop on the phones and talk to some people. first caller is al from california.

al, it was tough for you to decide which was more important, health care or jobs and the economy. when do you think it is? >> caller: i really do believe that the most important part right now is the health care reform. the reason being, it's like putting water in a bucket way hole. you can have the economy stimulated, but if the -- if there's no cap, no guidelines on the health care, the health care will constantly climb and now you're going to see, say, for instance, the average person making $55,000 a year, and most of those medical bills is just going to take that out. let's first fix the bucket. fix the hole in the bucket, and then we can start maybe working on the economy, because that money will be -- >> let me ask you this, al. some people say i don't have a bucket, because my bucket would be a job, and i don't even have that. i hear what you're saying. i'm telling you other feedback we've been getting today. people saying, i don't even have a problem with working on health

care but see the job thing as much more of an immediate need. >> caller: okay. once again i have to say, if i was to get a job and i have an existing condition and that particular condition is going to cost me $30,000, but i'm making $55,000. look where that brings me? right back to point zero. let's first cap the medical bills -- >> you're saying get the medical costs under control to not eat up the money you're making. >> caller: absolutely. >> thank you for the conversation. hop over to ohio. terry is calls us from ohio. terry, you say jobs, jobs, jobs, should be the focus? >> caller: yeah. i think that jobs are more important. it's going to generate revenue all around, but i also wanted to comment. i saw a comment last hour. >> uh-huh. >> caller: where a person hit the name on the head when she spoke about the health care industry. and that's the problem. it has become an industry.

and, you know, curing people is not cost efficient. as having enough, the better insurance you have, the more often you're going to be on full-time medical care and taking a lot of prescription drugs and things like that. and honestly when more people have an insurance, i think we'll have more people on full-time medical care and on prescription drug, and i just -- personally, i remember a land far, far away where people went into health care to help their fellow human beings than to become millionaires. >> terry, want to focus on the economy and jobs but are bugged by the for-frost factor in the health care industry. terry, thank you very much. facebook comments i want to share. richelle carey@hln. we might put yours on. health care reform doesn't seem like something plausible at this time. and another one, president obama

needs to connect with the common folk. what people need most now is jobs. refocus on that and health care reform will become easier to achieve. and concentrate on health care reform as way to stimulate the economy. create health care and jobs and career paths. and donald just hates the entire process. this is what he says. in the end, it doesn't matter now. the republicans can successfully block any actions by the democrats. so now we will do nothing but argue until the 2010 elections are over. since nothing really happened, the other shoe will fall in 2011. this was a great window of opportunity which not passing is nothing more than what might have been. michael, one more. most seem to forget the majority if health care reform would not go into effect four years. focus on the economy now and leave health care for two and three years from now and threat go into effect with one year of passing. those who drank the obama kool-aid are getting a wake-up call. maybe he is, too.

all right. michael, sure brought it with that comment. okay. still time to weigh in. e-mail us. send a text to hln tv. standard text rates apply. got breaking news to get to right now. coming to us out of the international airport in miami. the airport's concourse j is being evacuated. police say that a dog sniffed a bag thought to be suspicious. tape from a few minutes ago what's going on there coming to us from wfor. they're going to clear the area. let the bomb squad investigate to figure out what if anything this dog actually hit on. an i-reporter says it wasn't an emergency evacuation, very calm and told everyone you need to move on out. everything seems to be under control. we'll keep you posted on what turns up at that airport. actor gary coleman arrest and nut jail in utah. what charges the former child star is facing. three dozen .

more than 80 wounded in a series of car bombs in baghdad today. iraqi police say suicide bombers blew up three cars. this is all near hotels popular with western journalists and businessmen. officials say they expect this death toll to rise. police say one of the hotels men opened fire on the guards and tetenated explosives. the first so strong it toppled a row of 10-foot concrete blast walls along the road.

in those attacks, they came shortly before state tv announced the man known at chemical al hi been excused. the cousin of saddam hussein. real name, ali mu zahn al majid hanged this morning after convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide. the fourth time given the death penalty after trials for the gats attacks against iraq's kurdish mine poirpt more than 5,000 kurds died in those attacks back in 1988. we have interesting new video of police interrogating the parents of the balloon boy. you know, falcon heene. it shows him confessing the whole thing is a hoax. mayumi admitted it after they told her she failed her lie detector test. they told richard heene the same thing. he never confessed though. got agitated when an sbar gift refouzed to let him see his wife i. wish i could tell you guys. >> you can -- >> no, no. it's a choice you're making.

>> i asked [ bleep ] blackmailing me. >> okay. then you can ask -- >> i want to tell you -- >> you're not going to go talk with her yet. >> you're not going to talk with -- >> i want to talk to her right now. >> you're not going to talk -- >> i wish i could tell you guys. i wish. i wish? okay. richard heene claims he only pleaded guilty to save his wife from being deported to japan. he's serving 30 days in jail now and she's going to serve 20 days when he gets out. another house democrat announced he not run for re-election. marion barry is not healthy enough to serve. he's the sixth democrat to retire. six other democrats have left and run for other political offices. democrats are concerned, because the balance of power in the house could be in jeopardy. 14 house republicans announced they will not run for re-election. 11 of them, though, are running for another office. the vice president's son will not run for the senate seat his father held for 36 year. this news came by e-mail, beau

biden told is a supporteders he will run at delaware's attorney general. he has a duty to focus on the child molestation case. he returned in september as a year-long deployment in iraq and his national guard unit. actor gary coleman arrested in utah. the jail records so he was accused of suspicion of domestic assault. police also told the paper he was arrested on a warrant accusing him of not showing up in court on a previous case. he haven't heard from gary coleman or his attorney yet. on wall street, investors hoping for stability after stocks tanked last week. stephanie elam join uss with the latest. >> reporter: new week, new numbers. last weeks worries subsided and investors cooled fears about limits on banks and the reapoichlt of federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. the white house says is now has

the 60 votes needed for his confirmation. the fed does have a two-day meeting that starts tomorrow. analysts widely expect policymakers to hold interest rates steady. and stocks, they did better than hold stetty today with all three major averages finishes to the upside. the dow edged up 23 points to 10:196. nasdaq add a quarter percent and the s&p 500 up almost half a percent. sales of previously sold homes tumbled more than expected in december. sales fell more than 16% from the month before as the government's first-time home buyer tax credit was set to expire. however that program has been extended. sales for all of 2009 were up about 5% from 2008. one stock on the move today, apple. rising more than 2.5% in just a few moments a look at the company's earnings for the last three months of the year. analysts expected revenue to tops 12ds billion. thanks to that ipod, iphone mac computer sales. wednesday we might hear something about that tablet they're about to launch.

listening to that later this week, too, richelle. >> great. thank you, steph. a florida mom charged of killing letter daughter was back in cord. casey anthony pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge.

this afternoon casey anthony pled guilty to 13 charges stemming from fraud. she is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee pop for the latest on this case we're joined by producer for "hln's" "nancy grace." whenever casey is in court, all eyes on her. >> she spoke today. the thing people were most interested in today. there were 13 charges, like you said, richelle. six of those she was adjudicated for, found guilty for. so she is now a convicted felon. and there was seven counts that were -- withheld with one year

probation. the big question is, will that come into the murd are trial now? now that she has these felony convictions, how will that affect the murder trial? and may or may not, but listen to what casey anthony had to say when she addressed the court about these check fraud charges. >> i just wanted to let everyone know that i'm sorry for what i did. i take complete and full responsibility for my actions. and i'd like to sincerely apologize to amy. i wish i would have been a better friend. >> and the girl she's refers to is amy hue nzanga, her friend whose car she borrowed, ultimately stole her checkbook. that's why they were at the hearing today. amy wasn't in court, i reached out to her. she wants no part of it. wants to move on. >> understandable. >> the amount stoling from her has been forgiven. paid back the amount and bank of america paid back that money from casey anthony.

>> to remind people, that all happened while the search for caylee was going on, all that went on? >> right. actually, she borrowed amy's car because she said her car was in the shop, when dmully her car was impounded that time. she's already dumped the car allegedly and was bar oeg this car of amy. >> let's go through questions. we posted updates on our facebook page while casey was in court and people sent in questions they wanted you to try to answer for them. first from willy. get willy's comment on the screen. it says, how is it that they, they the defense, are able to point a finger at so many other people when they all -- they've already laid all your cards on the nanny? we've heard so much about casey saying the nanny who who had the child. some are wondering, how do you switch gears like that? >> a big question everybody wants to know the answer to. what is their defense? pointing the finger at roy crunk, the meter read here

ultimately found caylee's remains. anybody's guess why kailee anthony waited 30 days while her child was missing. was there a nanny? not a nanny? still up in the air. >> the defense will say it was anybody but my client. >> right. >> next question from lynette who wants to know what is the holdup on the trial date? because, as jane was just saying, seems like this thing could almost, at the pace they're doing, go years. >> that was one of the things addressed in court today, richelle. the prosecution is wondering what is taking so long on the defense side. defense saying there's a lot of documents that we need to receive from you. and there have been mounds and mounds of evidence that has come out. discovery that's come out in this case. it takes a while to go through that. they're still doing depositions, interviews prior to the trial. it's anyone's guess. they were expecting it to be this summer. however, if things don't speed up as the judge was saying this afternoon it could possibly not be until next year.

>> that is a while away. lynette wants to know -- gina's question. i apologize. gina wants the trial to happen and will it be televised? >> i spoke to the court today. will be televised if it is in orange county. don't know. the defense asked for a change of venue. don't know if that's going to happen at this point, but if it isn't, 0 orange county will be televicesed. >> people are wondering why we never hear about little caylee's father? >> caylee's father, according to casey anthony is deceased, was never in the picture, name never on the birth certificate. >> thank you. the facts of the case, people are very invested in finding justice for this little girl. so thank you very much. another little girl to tell you about. a desperate search going on in oklahoma for a 7-year-old who may have been abducted after her mother was killed. an amber alert now for aja danielle johnson. comanche county deputies found

the body of her mother, 37-year-old tonya hobbs inside her rv parked in geronimo. police believe aja is with her mother's estranged husband. 47 years old, lester hobbs, hobbs is not aja's biological father. authorities say she driving a 192 white toyota paseo with license plate 577-bpw, headed towards davenport, oklahoma. and lebanon's president says sayre vigil not suspected in the crash of an ethiopian airlines jet that caught fire and went down a few minutes after taking off from beirut. 21 bodies recovered in the mediterranean sea. helicopters and naval ships searching for the other 69 passengers and crew and found no survivors. no americans onboard. pieces of the plane and debris are washing assure. passenger seats, fire extinguishers, boltses of medicine. the team of investigators is on

the scene trying to figure what in the world caused that crash. so what will a rebuilt haiti look like? dozens meeting in montreal to talk about rebuilding the country after what the quake has done to 2. secretary of state hillary clinton is among those foreign ministers. people are angry and frustrated because the rescue efforts have been called off and started a petition asking for the rescue workers to keep searching. listen to this guy, the father of a missing college student who just got back from haiti to talk about what he saw firsthand. >> i will never forget what i saw, what i smelt, and what i saw. our brit is still missing. we're not sure where she is, but we are preparing ourselves for the worst and praying for a miracle. >> cross your heart.

and when you see scenes like this, the haitian government now says the confirmed death toll from the earthquake tops 150,000. right here, this is the funeral for the catholic archbishop of port-au-prince killed in the quake buried saturday. many victim, just buried in mass graves like that one. another 250,000 people were hurt. and the u.n. says 600,000 people have been left homeless. a reporter for the website the daily beast says he's got the inside story from the night tiger woods rammed his suv into a tree and word the sex scandal broke. posner got the dprt two sources who talked to tiger's wife elin nordegren. try follow. posner says just before thanksgiving woods told his wife the "national enquirer" would print a story claiming he an affair with night club wait trick rachel uchitel. woods had elin talk on the phone

with her to assure the relationship was platonic. nordegren wasn't convinced and they argued. woods took an ambien and went to bed. elin checked with cell phone and found a text message to uchitel saying he love her. posner his sources tell him nordegren then sent text messages to uchitel from tiger woods phone and got an immediate response. then sources say she called uchitel and confronted her before confronting her sleeping husband. >> tiger makes it worse when he's awoken up he's doozy, out of it from the ambien pill, the sedative he took, but instead of saying immediately i'm sorry, this is a terrible thing. let me tell you the truth he locks himself in the bathroom for a few minutes. when he comes out, elin manages to grab his cell phone from him and he is actually sent in a text message off to rachel uchitel saying in essence, you know, she knows. i'm packing, and a divorce could be imminent. well, at that point, elin

absolutely loses it. as i say, out of the swedish girl comes the viking. she starts pummeling him, on his chest and arms an grabs the golf club. tiger runs out in his bare feet into that car and she's chasing him. >> cnn has not confirmed any of posner's reporting. we contacted representatives for tiger woods, elin nordegren and uchitel and her attorney, gloria allred, says her client la no comment. we haven't heard back from reps for woods or nordegren. and a guest on joy behar tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. president obama is promising new assistance for families dealing with these hard times we're in. so we'll tell you how he plans to help them.

back to the breaking news happening in miami at the airport there. the international airport. the airport's concourse j has been partially evacuated. apparently what's happened is a dog sniffed a bag, thought to be suspicious of -- of course when that happens they call out the bomb squad. they're taking a look at the suitcase trying to figure out what was going on. the evacuation is very calm, orderly. everyone just proceeded out the door as they were supposed to. president obama is previewing a theme he'll raise in the state of the union wednesday. he and vice president biden offering new government help for families caught in this financial squeeze. that's a lot of you. biden share as task force on the middle class proposing the government double the child care tax credit and increase funding

for child care services. give new tax breaks for retirement savenings and caps in loan payments. the recommendations will be included in the president's dcht for next year. i'm a.j. hammer. this is a "showbiz tonight" exclusively on hln and this is the buzz today. the arrest of the tv sitcom has-beens. former "different strokes" star gary coleman arrested on domestic violence charges in utah. police investigated a disturbance at the home of coleman and his wife found nothing but arrested him for an outstanding fwlaurnt a recent case. and arrested for groping the general talls of two people at a comedy club. shocking confession videos in the balloon boy case. police interrogations tapes show the balloon boy's mom admitting they planned the hoax claiming he was in a run away balloon. >> it eventually tell into

thursday. the kids were out of the school so it was perfect. >> the interrogation videos show richard heene trying to see his wife as she was being interrogated. >> you're not going to talk with her. >> heene is serving 30 days for the hoax. the hope for haiti telethon breaks records. the george clooney-led telethon raced more than $58 million making it the most ever, with donations still coming in. your exclusive news break. i'm a.j. hammer join us at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on "showbiz tonight," tv's most provocative tv news show. more and more wives are bringing home the bacon and asking their husbands to fry it up in a pan. what happens when men and women swap their traditional roles?

dramatic testimony today about the shooting death of a kansas doctor. a church usher told a wichita jury he sass scott walk up to dr. george tiller and put a gun

to his head. tiller was also serving as an usher at the church when he was shot to death. the witness testified the gunman threatened to shoot him, too, and he tried to block the exit. he claim hess was justified in killing tiller to prevent the doctor from performing abortions. prosecutors dend was a cold-blooded execution. also today, testimony in the drew peterson case. a former neighbor of his was on the stand, and he's charged in the death of his third wife kathleen savio. sharon bak ochoski sobbed uncontrollably. stacy peterson said if i disappear it is not an accident. he killed me. today's hearing to determine whether prosecutors can use hear say during the actual trial of drew peterson. he has not been charged in her disappearance.

he pleaded not guilty in the death of kathleen savio. found in a dry bathtub. her death at first rule add homicide, officers exhumed her body and ruled the death a homicide after stacy peterson vanished. all right. our "prime news" is coming up. over to mike to see what's on the agenda today. what are you focusing on? >> an amber alert out for a young girl and this story has so many questions, that we've got a stepfather, es sfranged from her mother. well, this young girl should have never been anywhere near the stepfather. the mom ends up dead. how were they all working together? how did they all come together is one question, the bigger question, where is the little girl? we believe she's with him. >> and has a medical condition as well. >> okay. >> and needs medicine. >> okay. we're going to hit on all those fronts. update and the search, 1-877-tell-hln. and casey anthony in court.

her check fraud trial has been worked out. we'll tell thaw and also tell you she actually came way complete sentence or two for a judge. your thoughts on that, her perform innocence court what this could mean for her upcoming murder trial. call us. tiger woods, talked a lot about it. one question we always want the answer to, what happened? what are the exact details of the thanksgiving night crash? what happened thanksgiving day? well, now the "daily beast" is reports thanks to a couple sources that, no, his wife elin what did happen? what led up to their confrontation, the crash and everything else. you want to stick around for that. your calls, 1-877-tell-hln always welcome. e-mail, or text us as hln-tv coming your way in ten minutes. >> your thoughts in a few minutes. got your attention, heard us chatting about it. are you smarter than your husband? bringing home the bigger paycheck. you are not alone, ladies if you

do. pew researchers found women are better educated than they are husbands in nearly one-third of marriages opinion better educatesed of their marriages. better educated does not always mean smarter. overall men still make more money but wives are the primary breadwinner in 22% of couples, up from 7% 40 years ago. divorce rates are down. that challenges the widely held belief that financially independent women who say i don't need a man challenges the belief they have a hard time staying married. in states where wives have fewer jobs divorce rates are higher. one of our your view topics, can men and women switch traditional breadwinner roles. great conversation on my facebook page.

a comment from april, since the role reversal men are a lot more wimpy. i don't appreciate it. i'm tired of being the man. i wish guys would step up to the plate. tina says my husband and i have always shared every task in our house hold. when we are both working we do what needs to be done and this works for us. marty says both my sons are in marriages where the wives make more money. both the wives went to college while any sons worked and it is working. tiffany says most american men would not be able to handle a role reversal. men think their self-worth is based on being superior than women. arthur says where do i need to sign. i would love to stay home cook,

clean, i would wear an apron. casey anthony pleaded guilty to unrelated charges. she made a brief statement in court. we talk to jane velez-mitchell.